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The highest exercise of charity is charity towards the uncharitable.
The highest exercise of charity is charity towards the uncharitable.
True charity is the desire to be useful to others without thought of recompense
True charity is the desire to be useful to others without thought of recompense
Only great souls know the grandeur there is in charity.
Only great souls know the grandeur there is in charity.
Give no bounties: make equal laws: secure life and prosperity and you need not give alms.
Give no bounties: make equal laws: secure life and prosperity and you need not give alms.
Meek and lowly, pure and holy,
Chief among the "blessed three."
Meek and lowly, pure and holy,
Chief among the "blessed three."
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.
Every charitable act is a stepping stone towards heaven.
Every charitable act is a stepping stone towards heaven.
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.
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.