A bone to the dog is not charity. Charity is the bone shared with the dog, when you are just read more

A bone to the dog is not charity. Charity is the bone shared with the dog, when you are just as hungry as the dog.

It is religion to be thus forsworn,
For charity itself fulfills the law
And who can never read more

It is religion to be thus forsworn,
For charity itself fulfills the law
And who can never love from charity?

The measure of life is not its duration, but its donation.

The measure of life is not its duration, but its donation.

In Faith and Hope the world will disagree,
But all mankind's concern is charity.

In Faith and Hope the world will disagree,
But all mankind's concern is charity.

But if any widow have children or nephews, let them learn first
to shew piety at home, and to read more

But if any widow have children or nephews, let them learn first
to shew piety at home, and to requite their parents: for that is
good and acceptable before God.

Be good, be kind, be humane, and charitable; love your fellows; console the afflicted; pardon those who have done you read more

Be good, be kind, be humane, and charitable; love your fellows; console the afflicted; pardon those who have done you wrong.

Charity separates the rich from the poor; aid raises the needy and sets him on the same level with the read more

Charity separates the rich from the poor; aid raises the needy and sets him on the same level with the rich.

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.

If I am not for myself, who will be for me? If I am not for others, what am I? read more

If I am not for myself, who will be for me? If I am not for others, what am I? And if not now, when?