What amazes me is no matter how good one tries to be, no matter how much one gives away, there are always those who will poison the minds of others against giving and doing good, helping and loving others.

Since the most influential of great thinkers of all time all advocate giving and serving as a means to develop one's self and warn that failure to do so is virtually guaranteed self destruction, I tend to follow the teachings of such men rather than those who preach against these principles.

Here are some statements made on the subject by one of my esteemed heroes of well doing.

Surplus wealth is a sacred trust which its possessor is bound to administer in his lifetime for the good of the community. Andrew Carnegie

It is more difficult to give money away intelligently than to earn it in the first place. Andrew Carnegie

The man who dies rich dies disgraced. Andrew Carnegie

I resolved to stop accumulating and begin the infinitely more serious and difficult task of wise distribution. Andrew Carnegie

Neither the individual nor the race is improved by almsgiving. The best means of benefiting the community is to place within its reach the ladders upon which the aspiring can rise. Andrew Carnegie