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What is more, goodness is not merely a possession that no one can maintain who is unwilling to share it, but it is one that increases the more its possessor loves to share it.

Saint Augustine

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Goodness Is Not Diminished

Topic: Serving Others

“Unlike material possessions, goodness is not diminished when it is shared, either momentarily or permanently, with others, but expands and, in fact, the more heartily each of the lovers of goodness enjoys the possession the more does goodness grow. What is more, goodness is not merely a possession that no one can maintain who is unwilling to share it, but it is one that increases the more its possessor loves to share it.“

Saint Augustine
Christianity
City of God

Wilson, Andrew, editor. World Scripture II. Universal Peace Federation, 2011, p. 664 [Saint Augustine, City of God 15.5].

Saint Augustine

Saint Augustine, City of God 15.5

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