A Generous Spirit

1.
Generosity of spirit creates a life worth living.


2.
Never promote yourself at another's expense.


3.
A thoughtful person thinks for herself.
A thoughtless person thinks only of herself.


4.
Is it possible to be a thoughtful person without thoughtfulness?
Can a good person be thoughtless?


5.
Allow each person the dignity of his or her own labor.


6.
Wealth justly gained is honorable.
Wealth unjustly gained is disgraceful.
Wealth kept for one's self is shameful.


7.
Owning things isn't bad.
Being owned by things is bad.


8.
Goodness is s gift from those who went before.
Therefore, make things better for those who come after.

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