“The future belongs to those who give the next generation reason for hope.”
Pierre Teilhard De Chardin (1881–1955) French philosopher and Jesuit priest
“The most truly generous persons are those who give silently without hope of praise or reward.”
— Carol Ryrie Brink, book Magical Melons
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