Reciprocity Not Required
December 18, 2008
“You have not lived today until you have done something for someone who can never repay you.”
— John Bunyon
Antidote to Mortality
November 17, 2008
“What we have done for ourselves alone dies with us; what we have done for others and the world remains and is immortal.” –Albert Pike
How a Saint Becomes a Communist
September 1, 2008
“When I give food to the poor, they call me a saint. When I ask why the poor have no food, they call me a communist.”
-Dom Helder Camara, Brazilian archbishop and author of Spiral of Violence
Pass the Bread Please
July 7, 2008
“If you knew what I know about the power of giving, you would not let a single meal pass without sharing it in some way.” –Buddha
In the beginning…
July 7, 2008
Deeds of giving are the very foundations of the world. –The Torah
Princeton’s $100 Million Climate Change
July 1, 2008
International biz whiz Gerhard R. Andlinger has given Princeton University $100 million to pump up its research on “clean-tech” solutions to the world’s soaring demand for energy.
Princeton’s new Gerhard R. Andlinger Center for Energy and the Environment will feature a cutting- edge laboratory, new faculty positions, and endowed funds for research, outreach and visitors.
“The work of the center will help create a better world for our children and grandchildren, which I see as a personal as well as institutional responsibility.”
–Gerhard R. (Gerry) Andlinger, Princeton alum & Austrian native who first came to the U.S. after winning a New York Herald Tribune essay contest in 1948.
Words of William
June 24, 2008
“People say it’s not ambitious, but it is actually quite ambitious wanting to help people.” –Prince William
Hearth Healthy
June 23, 2008
“Peace, like charity, begins at home.” –Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Giving the Doers Their Due
May 12, 2008
“I give away something up to $500 million a year throughout the world promoting Open Society. My foundations support people in the country who care about an open society. It’s their work that I’m supporting. So it’s not me doing it.”
–George Soros, billionaire speculator & founder of the Open Society Institute
Latent Leverage of Everyman
May 6, 2008
“All we can think about is how great it would be if we could use peer-to-peer fundraising to get our donors to ask one of their friends for money.
But the real power is going to come when everyday people start realizing the wealth of their personal networks.
When they realize that they can raise global awareness for an issue simply by voting for it, social bookmarking it, talking about it in forums & chat rooms, and giving small monthly donations we are going to see a wave of movement.”
–Jason Dick (from Giving Carnival hosted by SocialActions.com)
