CHARITY QUOTES IV

quotations about charity

Charity is a virtue of the heart, and not of the hands.

JOSEPH ADDISON

The Guardian, Sep. 21, 1713


When faith and hope fail, as they do sometimes, we must try charity, which is love in action.

DINAH CRAIK

Christian's Mistake


Aside from higher considerations, charity often operates as a vastly wise and prudent principle--a great safeguard to its possessor. Men have committed murder for jealousy's sake, and anger's sake, and hatred's sake, and selfishness' sake, and spiritual pride's sake; but no man that ever I heard of, ever committed a diabolical murder for sweet charity's sake. Mere self-interest, then, if no better motive can be enlisted, should, especially with high-tempered men, prompt all beings to charity and philanthropy.

HERMAN MELVILLE

Bartleby


Charity should always be a constant.

EVA LARUE

"Eva LaRue: Allow Yourself The Guilt", People, September 28, 2009


We should be sure, when we rebuke a want of charity, to do it with charity.

CHRISTIAN NESTELL BOVEE

Intuitions and Summaries of Thought


Charity ain't giving people what you wants to give, it's giving people what they need to get.

TERRY PRATCHETT

Hogfather


Charity is the only lubricant that keeps the axle of the world creaking.

AUSTIN O'MALLEY

Keystones of Thought


While we do our good works let us not forget that the real solution lies in a world in which charity will have become unnecessary.

CHINUA ACHEBE

Anthills of the Savannah


For the first time in my life
I let myself be held
Like a big old baby
I surrender to your charity

SMOG

"Held", Knock Knock


As water collected in a tank gets pure by filtration, so accumulated wealth is preserved by being employed in charity.

CHANAKYA

Vridda-Chanakya


What is a charitable heart? It is a heart which is burning with love for the whole creation, for men, for the birds, for the beasts ... for all creatures. He who has such a heart cannot see or call to mind a creature without his eyes being filled with tears by reason of the immense compassion which seizes his heart; a heart which is softened and can no longer bear to see or learn from others of any suffering, even the smallest pain being inflicted upon a creature.

ISAAC OF NINEVEH

Mystic Treatises