In fact, unless I possess something, can I ever really give it?

You can only give away what you have inside. Become an instrument of love, invite love to accompany you 24/7. Give away love, and it has to come streaming into your life.

May God give back to you in love all the love you have given.

Every time I take a step in the direction of generosity, I know I am moving from fear to love.

Money is like love; it kills slowly and painfully the one who withholds it, and enlivens the other who turns it on his fellow man.

If we should deal out justice only, in this world, who would escape? No, it is better to be generous, and in the end more profitable, for it gains gratitude for us, and love.

Giving that is not motivated by love is worth nothing.

Love is giving and it has nothing to do with what you receive.

Almsgiving is not a service of God, but of vain-glory, if it spring not from divine love.

Christ keeps not his subjects in by force, but is King of a willing people. They are, through his grace, freely devoted to his service; they serve out of choice, not as slaves, but as the son or spouse, from a spring of love and a loyal mind. In a word, the laws of Christ are the convert's love, delight, and continual study.

Some of us try desperately to hold on to ourselves, to live for ourselves. We look so bedraggled and pathetic doing it, hanging on to the dead branch of a bank account for dear life, afraid to risk ourselves on the untried wings of giving. We don't think we can live generously because we have never tried. But the sooner we start the better, for we are going to have to give up our lives finally, and the longer we wait the less time we have for the soaring and swooping life of grace.

Mercy to the needy is a loan to God, and God pays back those loans in full.