The worst of charity is that the lives you are asked to preserve are not worth preserving.
Charity Quotes
Do not tell me… of my obligation to put all poor men in good situations. Are they my poor? I tell thee, thou foolish philanthropist, that I grudge the dollar, the dime, the cent, I give to such men as do not belong to me and to whom I do not belong.
The most unproductive, empty, fruitless fellow in the world is the man with a barren heart.
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.
