If you give someone $5 today for food, they will need another $5 tomorrow and the day after for the rest of their lives. If you invest $5 and use the profit earned from that investment to build a school or an organization that helps two people make $5 each, you keep the asset for yourself and feed two people and their families for the rest of their life. Even donating and helping is an art and science. Learn how to grow your father's money and multiply the impact of your contribution effectively. You can be both generous and rich at the same time. The wisdom is in how you leverage that $5 to help more people live better over an extended period and not in giving the money with no plan in mind. Thanks for the great comment, Misbah.