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“The great use of life is to spend it for something that will outlast it.”

“The continent is incredibly exciting. When I first went there, it consumed me, and I instantly felt like I wanted to be engaged one way or the other, whether on a philanthropic level or business. I'm lucky to say today that I do both. In terms of African Wildlife Foundation, I started working with them roughly around 2009, on the ambassador level. Then I joined the board and was exposed to deeper issues that the Foundation was combating on the continent.”

“If a free society cannot help the many who are poor, it cannot save the few who are rich.”

“Almost three years ago, when I retired, my wife and I were talking about our philanthropic work and how does one help give opportunity, particularly to kids growing up in very disadvantaged situations.And my initial kind of sense was, the government does that primarily, and what we should mostly do is pay our taxes. My wife said, no, I don't think that's quite right for us. We need to do more. We can do better.”

“Every man must decide whether he will walk in the light of creative altruism or in the darkness of destructive selfishness.”

“Life's most persistent and urgent question is, 'What are you doing for others?'”

“A bone to the dog is not charity. Charity is the bone shared with the dog, when you are just as hungry as the dog.”

“Life is a gift, and it offers us the privilege, opportunity, and responsibility to give something back by becoming more.”

“Do what you can, with what you have, where you are.”

“If you can't feed a hundred people, then feed just one.”

“No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted.”

“If you want to lift yourself up, lift up someone else.”

“Do all the good you can, by all the means you can, in all the ways you can, in all the places you can, at all the times you can, to all the people you can, as long as ever you can.”

“You have not lived today until you have done something for someone who can never repay you.”

“It is unlikely that many people will take to heart the conclusion that coming into existence is always a harm. It is even less likely that many people will stop having children. By contrast, it is quite likely that my views either will be ignored or will be dismissed. As this response will account for a great deal of suffering between now and the demise of humanity, it cannot plausibly be thought of as philanthropic. That is not to say that it is motivated by any malice towards humans, but it does result from a self-deceptive indifference to the harm of coming into existence.”

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

“Tactics mean doing what you can with what you have.”