994 Quotes About Charity

Only by having a sense of history's trajectory (even if one does not believe in Parousia) can one love earthly reality and believe—with charity—that there is still room for Hope.

Charity had always slightly creeped me out: There was nothing quite as condescending as the phrase "helping the less fortunate" rolling off the tongue of a white professional, as if poverty were a matter of luck instead of the result of a political system.

True charity, I had had discovered, consists of swallowing an invisible flaming sword.

If he had given away anything else, he would have been charged with indecent exposure.

That’s the thing,” she said. “You add on getting rid of starvation and poverty like it’s a fringe benefit. Like the slice of lemon you get with a plate of whitebait.” He laughed. “That’s why I succeed,” he said, “where the men with beautiful souls always fail. If you walk through the market asking the stallholders to give you a slice of lemon for free, they’d laugh in your face. Pay for the whitebait and you get a good meal of whitebait for your money, plus the free lemon.

States were barred from financing their immigration systems with specific taxes on immigrants and transportation companies, leaving the continued existence of these state institutions to the general state fisc or the generosity of private charitable organizations interested in immigrant welfare and integration. The resource strain on states and charitable organizations placed enormous pressure on Congress to enact federal law.

Charity is the entrance to the garden.

Gaji yang saya peroleh bukanlah milik saya. Awak tahu, jika saya membeli kereta, saya perlu membayar empat ribu riyal sebulan. Saya hanya mengambil sedikit daripada peruntukan tersebut untuk membayar perkhidmatan kamu yang tidak ternilai harganya. Biar saya cucikan hati saya daripada sifat bakhil. Nilai seribu riyal bukan untuk kamu. Ia untuk saya.

It is justice, not charity, that is wanting in the world!