Habits of active benevolence, when formed with simplicity and singleness of heart, may yield far more advantage to ourselves than the limited nature of our exertions can allow us to confer on others. “It is more blessed to give than to receive.”
Simple, sincere benevolence blesses the giver as much as the receiver.
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