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Order your soul; reduce your wants; live in charity; associate in Christian community; obey the laws; trust in Providence.
Order your soul; reduce your wants; live in charity; associate in Christian community; obey the laws; trust in Providence.
Prayer carries us half way to God, fasting brings us to the door of His palace, and alms-giving procures us read more
Prayer carries us half way to God, fasting brings us to the door of His palace, and alms-giving procures us admission.
Charity and treating begin at home.
Charity and treating begin at home.
The voice of the world ["Charity begins at home"].
The voice of the world ["Charity begins at home"].
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.
The desire of power in excess caused the angels to fall; the
desire of knowledge in excess caused man read more
The desire of power in excess caused the angels to fall; the
desire of knowledge in excess caused man to fall; but in charity
there is no excess, neither can angel or man come in danger by
it.
He who waits to do a great deal of good at once, will never do anything.
He who waits to do a great deal of good at once, will never do anything.
Charity is a virtue of the heart, and not of the hands.
Charity is a virtue of the heart, and not of the hands.
Charity begins at home.
[Lat., Proximus sum egomet mihi.]
Charity begins at home.
[Lat., Proximus sum egomet mihi.]
