Materielle Dinge können zu einem angenehmen Leben beitragen, keine Frage. Aber wenn man keine guten Freunde und keine gute Familie um sich herum hat, ist das Leben leer und materielle Dinge verlieren an Wert.
Ich reise leidenschaftlich gerne. Seit meiner Kindheit haben Reisen mir genauso viel beigebracht wie meine Bildung. Um die Kulturen anderer Länder zu schätzen, muss man dorthin gehen und die Menschen und ihre Kultur hautnah erleben.
You know, gentlemen, that I do not owe any personal income tax. But nevertheless, I send a small check, now and then, to the Internal Revenue Service out of the kindness of my heart.
Philanthropy is involved with basic innovations that transform society, not simply maintaining the status quo or filling basic social needs that were formerly the province of the public sector.
My own interest in art was because of my mother. My father didn't like contemporary art, so he didn't give her large sums to spend. So, she began buying prints and drawings. During my school days, I remember sitting in on many of the early meetings.
