After a very long time, I finally got to read some of Forbes Magazine today again. On this edition, Acumen’s Fund founder Jacqueline Novogratz was on the front cover of the revered magazine. In the lead article I read “Innovation Saves the World: The Social Entrepreneurs Making an Impact.”

On every issue as expected now, the magazine dedicates a page with some collection of “Thoughts,” On this particular edition the thoughts were on “Philanthropy.”

Here are a couple of the thoughts shared which I really liked:

“Too few millionaires who aspire to win fame as philanthropists begin at home, among their own workers. To grind employees and then donate a million dollars to perpetuate his name is not a particularly laudable record for any man to live or to leave behind him.”—B.C. Forbes/1917

“Many people … give extensively of their time and talents to help others. Gifts of this kind often prove to be far more valuable than money. A struggling child, befriended and nurtured by a caring mentor, receives a gift whose value far exceeds what can be bestowed by a check.”—Warren Buffett