And now abideth faith, hope and charity, these three, but the greatest of these is charity. [Corinthians]

And now abideth faith, hope and charity, these three, but the greatest of these is charity. [Corinthians]

If you haven't got any charity in your heart, you have the worst kind of heart trouble.

If you haven't got any charity in your heart, you have the worst kind of heart trouble.

Soft peace she brings, wherever she arrives:
She builds our quiet, as she forms our lives:
Lays read more

Soft peace she brings, wherever she arrives:
She builds our quiet, as she forms our lives:
Lays the rough paths of peevish Nature even,
And opens in each heart a little Heaven.

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.

Charity begins at home.
[Lat., Proximus sum egomet mihi.]

Charity begins at home.
[Lat., Proximus sum egomet mihi.]

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.

And though I have the gift of prophecy, and understand all
mysteries, and all knowledge; and though I have read more

And though I have the gift of prophecy, and understand all
mysteries, and all knowledge; and though I have all faith, so
that I could remove mountains, and have not charity, I am
nothing.

The voice of the world ["Charity begins at home"].

The voice of the world ["Charity begins at home"].

Never let your zeal outrun your charity. The former is but human, the latter is divine.

Never let your zeal outrun your charity. The former is but human, the latter is divine.