Charity Quotes

The presence of a noble nature, generous in its wishes, ardent in its charity, changes the lights for us: we begin to see things again in their larger, quieter masses, and to believe that we too can be seen and judged in the wholeness of our character."

Let a man then know his worth, and keep things under his feet. Let him not peep or steal, or skulk up and down with the air of a charity-boy, a bastard, or an interloper."

"The worst of charity is that the lives you are asked to preserve are not worth preserving."

Behold, I do not give lectures or a little charity When I give I give myself.

He gives twice who gives promptly.

All that is not given is lost.

Though I speak with the tongue of men and of angels and have not charity, I am become a sounding brass or a tinkling cymbal.

With malice toward none; with charity for all.

If a thief helps a poor man out of the spoils of his thieving, we must not call that charity.

No greater charity can be bestowed upon suffering humanity than right knowledge that leads to right action.