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In necessary things, unity; in doubtful things, liberty; in all things, charity.
In necessary things, unity; in doubtful things, liberty; in all things, charity.
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.
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 truly generous is the truly wise, and he who loves not others, lives unblest.
The truly generous is the truly wise, and he who loves not others, lives unblest.
Charity suffereth long, and is kind; charity envieth not; charity
vaulteth not itself, is not puffed up.
Charity suffereth long, and is kind; charity envieth not; charity
vaulteth not itself, is not puffed up.
One must be poor to know the luxury of giving.
One must be poor to know the luxury of giving.
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.
Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, and have
not charity, I am become as read more
Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, and have
not charity, I am become as sounding brass, or a tinkling cymbal.
Only great souls know the grandeur there is in charity.
Only great souls know the grandeur there is in charity.
