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When your courtyard twists, do not pour the water abroad.
When your courtyard twists, do not pour the water abroad.
What we frankly give, forever is our own.
What we frankly give, forever is our own.
In charity to all mankind, bearing no malice or ill-will to any
human being, and even compassionating those who read more
In charity to all mankind, bearing no malice or ill-will to any
human being, and even compassionating those who hold in bondage
their fellow-men, not knowing what they do.
Every charitable act is a stepping stone towards heaven.
Every charitable act is a stepping stone towards heaven.
Though I speak with the tongues of men and angels and have not charity, I am become as sounding brass, read more
Though I speak with the tongues of men and angels and have not charity, I am become as sounding brass, or a tinkling cymbal.
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 injurious unless it helps the recipient to become independent of it.
Charity is injurious unless it helps the recipient to become independent of it.
One must be poor to know the luxury of giving.
One must be poor to know the luxury of giving.
Only great souls know the grandeur there is in charity.
Only great souls know the grandeur there is in charity.
