Quotes for All
We are a material-mad race of people. Build, increase, expand, pile up, hoard! More and more and more. “If we can just make enough money to-to- !” Jesus said: Sell what ye have, and give alms; provide yourselves bags which wax not old, a treasure in the heavens that faileth not, where no thief approacheth, … Read more
Remain steadfast in the faith; instruct yourself; bridle your tongue; repress your wrath; forbear to do evil; associate with the good; screen the faults of your neighbour; relieve the poor by your alms; and expect your reward in eternity. Edouard Rene de Laboulaye
To drive men from independence to live on alms, is itself great cruelty. Edmund Burke
Beggars, especially noble beggars, should never show themselves in the street; they should ask for alms through the newspapers. It’s still possible to love one’s neighbor abstractly, and even occasionally from a distance, but hardly ever up close. Fyodor Dostoevsky
I do not give alms; I am not poor enough for that. Friedrich Nietzsche
If all alms were given only from pity, all beggars would have starved long ago. Friedrich Nietzsche
The greatest giver of alms is cowardice. Friedrich Nietzsche
The following sentiments are illustrative of the philosophy of the Talmud: \”Love peace and pursue it at any cost.\” … \”Remember it is better to be persecuted than to persecute.\” … \”Be not prone to anger.\” … \”He who giveth alms in secret is greater than Moses himself.\” … \”It is better to utter a … Read more
In giving of thy alms, inquire not so much into the person, as his necessity. God looks not so much upon the merits of him that requires, as into the manner of him that relieves; if the man deserve not, thou hast given it to humanity. Francis Quarles
Alms are an inheritance and a justice which is due to the poor and which Jesus has levied upon us. Francis of Assisi