Quotes about Charity

Mankind was my business. The common welfare was my business; charity, mercy, forbearance, and benevolence, were, all, my business.

As good as gold," said Bob, "and better. Somehow he gets thoughtful, sitting by himself so much, and thinks the strangest things you ever heard. He told me, coming home, that he hoped the people saw him in the church, because he was a cripple, and it might be pleasant to them to remember, upon Christmas Day, who made lame beggars walk and blind men see.

Charity should begin at home, but should not stay there.

love 'thinketh no evil.' 1 Cor 13: 5. It puts the best interpretation upon another's words.

Grace makes the heart tender, it causes sympathy and charity. As it melts the heart in contrition towards God, so in compassion towards others.

The sum and definition of religion is, be rich in works of mercy, be helpful to the bodies and souls of others. Scatter your golden seeds; let the lamp of your profession be filled with the oil of charity. Be merciful in giving and forgiving. 'Be ye merciful, as your heavenly Father is merciful'.

The hypocrite suspects others of sin but has charitable thoughts of himself! The sincere Christian has charitable thoughts of others and suspects himself of sin.

Give, and it will be given to you. A good measure . . . will be poured into your lap. For with the measure you use, it will be measured to you." LUKE 6:38

Philanthropic people lose all sense of humanity. It is their distinguishing characteristic.

What if the purpose of human charity wasn't to protect the weak -- which seems pretty anti-Darwinian anyway -- but to preserve the mad? Don't they get special treatment in most primitive societies? ( . . .) You have to be careful about who you do away with. It could be that some part of our understanding comes in vessels incapable of sustaining themselves. What do you think? Maybe you'd have to be crazy to think that.

The point is not: take all thou hast and give to the poor, but use all thou hast to encourage the industry and give work to the poor.

Charity even for one person does not make sense except in terms of an effort to love all Creation in response to the Creator's love for it.