The most unproductive, empty, fruitless fellow in the world is the man with a barren heart.
Charity Quotes
Riches without charity are nothing worth. They are a blessing only to him who makes them a blessing to others.
When we cast our bread upon the waters, we can presume that someone downstream whose face we will never know will benefit from our action, as we who are downstream from another will profit from that grantor’s gift.
It is easy to give alms; it is better to work to make the giving of alms unnecessary.
The desire for power in excess caused angels to fall; the desire for knowledge in excess caused man to fall; but in charity there is no excess, neither can man or angels come into danger by it.
In necessary things, unity; in doubtful things, liberty; in all things, charity.
Every charitable act is a stepping stone towards heaven.
Do not give, as many rich men do, like a hen that lays her egg and then cackles.
Never before in the history of plutocratic America had any one man purchased by mere money so much social advertising and flattery. No wonder that he felt himself infallible, when Lords temporal and spiritual courted him and hung upon his words. They wanted his money, and flattery alone could wring it from him… He had […]
Be charitable before wealth makes thee covetous.
