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?

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 is injurious unless it helps the recipient to become independent of it.

Charity is injurious unless it helps the recipient to become independent of it.

Let them learn first to show pity at home.

Let them learn first to show pity at home.

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.

Charity sees the need, not the cause.

Charity sees the need, not the cause.

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.

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.

One must be poor to know the luxury of giving.

One must be poor to know the luxury of giving.