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Only great souls know the grandeur there is in charity.
Only great souls know the grandeur there is in charity.
Give no bounties: make equal laws: secure life and prosperity and you need not give alms.
Give no bounties: make equal laws: secure life and prosperity and you need not give alms.
Charity never humiliated him who profited from it, nor ever bound him by the chains of gratitude, since it was read more
Charity never humiliated him who profited from it, nor ever bound him by the chains of gratitude, since it was not to him but to God that the gift was made.
Every charitable act is a stepping stone towards heaven.
Every charitable act is a stepping stone towards heaven.
Not he who has much is rich, but he who gives much.
Not he who has much is rich, but he who gives much.
He who wished to secure the good of others, has already secured his own.
He who wished to secure the good of others, has already secured his own.
When thou doest alms, let not thy left hand know what thy right hand doeth.
When thou doest alms, let not thy left hand know what thy right hand doeth.
And thou I bestow all my good to feed the poor, and though I give
my body to be read more
And thou I bestow all my good to feed the poor, and though I give
my body to be burned, and have not charity, it profiteth me
nothing.
Cold is thy hopeless heart, even as charity.
Cold is thy hopeless heart, even as charity.
