Charity Quotes - Page 36

• And whereas many men, by accident unevitable, become unable to maintain themselves by their labour; they ought not to be left to the Charity of private persons; but to be provided for, (as far-forth as the necessities of Nature require,) by the Lawes of the Common-wealth. For as it is Unchariablenesse in any man, to neglect the impotent; so it is in the Soveraign of a Common-wealth, to expose them to the hazard of such uncertain Charity.

  Thomas Hobbes

  Men, Hazards, Common

  "Leviathan". Book by Thomas Hobbes. The Second Part, Chapter 30, 1651.

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• Charity is false, futile, and poisonous when offered as a substitute for justice.

  Henry George

  Justice, Substitutes, Poisonous

  Henry George (2014). “The Crime of Poverty: Speeches and Articles”, p.152, epubli

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• We are obligated to be more scrupulous in fulfilling the commandment of charity than any other positive commandment because charity is the sign of a righteous man.

  Maimonides

  Men, Righteous Man, Fulfilling

  Moses Maimonides, Isadore Twersky (1972). “A Maimonides Reader”, p.135, Behrman House, Inc

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• He that distributeth not That which he hath received-- His food, his drink, his sustenance-- Unto devotee, brahman, beggar, wayfarer-- Such a low man as he, they say, is like Unto a lack of rain.

  Gautama Buddha

  Rain, Men, Giving

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• We should never insult others on account of their faults, for it is our duty to show charity and respect to everyone.

  John Calvin

  Faults, Insult, Should

  John Calvin (2004). “Golden Booklet of the True Christian Life”, p.33, Baker Books

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• If this is the degree of inflation planned for in advance, the real outcome is indeed likely to be such that most of those who will retire at the end of the century will be dependent on the charity of the younger generation. And ultimately not morals but the fact that the young supply the police and the army will decide the issue: concentration camps for the aged unable to maintain themselves are likely to be the fate of an old generation whose income is entirely dependent on coercing the young.

  Friedrich August von Hayek

  Real, Fate, Army

  "The Constitution of Liberty". Book by Friedrich Hayek, Part III. Freedom in the Welfare State, Chap. 19 : Social Security, 1960.

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• The best kind of charity is to help those who are willing to help themselves.

  P. T. Barnum

  Helping, Kind, Willing

  P. T. Barnum (1999). “Art of Money Getting”, p.86, Applewood Books

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• One of the things that I encourage for anybody who is interested in their own charity or philanthropy is to start from where you are and what has mattered to you.

  Oprah Winfrey

  Philanthropy, Where You Are

  "Exclusive: Interview With Oprah About Her School for Girls". Interview with Marianne Schnall, www.huffingtonpost.com. October 12, 2012.

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• The believing man hath the Holy Ghost; and where the Holy Ghost dwelleth, He will not suffer a man to be idle, butstirreth him up to all exercises of piety and godliness, and of true religion, to the love of God, to the patient suffering of afflictions, to prayer, to thanksgiving, and the exercise of charity towards all men.

  Martin Luther

  Prayer, Believe, Exercise

  Martin Luther (2002). “Commentary on Galatians, Luther”, p.158, Sovereign Grace Publishers,

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• Saviour! teach me, day by day,
  Love's sweet lesson to obey;
  Sweeter lesson cannot be,
  Loving Him who first loved me.
  Charity is the very livery of Christ.

  Hugh Latimer

  Sweet, First Love, Lessons

  "Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers". Book by Josiah Hotchkiss Gilbert, p. 395, 1895.

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• The constitutionality and propriety of the Federal Government assuming to enter into a novel and vast field of legislation, namely, that of providing for the care and support of all those ... who by any form of calamity become fit objects of public philanthropy. ... I cannot find any authority in the Constitution for making the Federal Government the great almoner of public charity throughout the United States. To do so would, in my judgment, be contrary to the letter and spirit of the Constitution and subversive of the whole theory upon which the Union of these States is founded.

  Franklin Pierce

  Power, Government, Support

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• Some people understand the charity of our Lord and are saved by it; others, relying on this mercy and kindness, continue in their sins, thinking that it may be theirs whenever they wish. But this is not so, for then they are too late and are taken in their sins before they expect it, and so damn themselves.

  Walter Hilton

  Kindness, Taken, Thinking

  Walter Hilton (1957). “The Ladder of Perfection”

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• I can understand the frustration felt by the many basketball players who feel that they have been forced to conform with the league's new dress code, .. Iverson and other NBA players have suggested that they will not abide by the league's dress code, and Bodog.com will offer to reimburse any fines levied, and match the payment with a donation to each player's charity of choice.

  Calvin Ayre

  Basketball, Frustration, Player

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• [R]eal charity doesn't mean giving away someone else's money.

  Doug Bandow

  Mean, Giving

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• He who hath two coats, let him impart to him that hath none.

  Lancelot Andrewes

  Two, Coats, Impart

  Lancelot Andrewes, Peter Hall (1839). “The private devotions and Manual for the sick of Launcelot Andrews”, p.126

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• Let us pray for the Catholic Church; for the Churches throughout the whole world; that is, for their truth, unity, and stability; that in all charity may flourish, and truth may live. For our own Church, that what is lacking in it may be supplied; what is unsound, corrected; that all Heresies, Schisms, Scandals, as well public as private, may be removed. Correct the wandering, convert the unbelieving, increase the faith of the Church, destroy Heresies, discover the crafty enemies, crush the violent.

  Lancelot Andrewes

  Crush, Catholic, Unity

  Lancelot Andrewes (1957). “Private Prayers”, London : S.C.M. Press

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• Charity should be self-sustainable. That is, it should create more wealth rather than perpetuating the cycle of poverty and dependence. In this sense, the best form of charity would be providing quality education for children and more importantly, building a good character in them.

  Sri Sri Ravi Shankar

  Children, Character, Self

  Interview with "Forbes" Magazine, 2009.

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• I am in charity, my children, with all the servants of God.

  Caedmon

  Children, Servant Of God, My Children

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• The truths which are represented in England and Western countries generally, are those which refer to force of character, earnestness of purpose, conscientious strictness, noble charity, practical duty, whilst the truths which I find peculiarly developed in India - developed to a greater extent than anywhere else, - and in the Eastern countries generally, are those which have reference to sweetness of communion, sweetness of temper, meekness and resignation unto God.

  Keshub Chandra Sen

  Country, Character, India

  Parting words at Southampton, September 17, 1870.

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• As I "won," I didn't feel the fruits of that. I felt the fruits when I served others, when I gave myself away. . . . I've always seen my life as an experiment. I just want to go to what works. As I felt the charity aspect in my life, the giving aspect, I felt a power and I've walked more into that.

  Tom Shadyac

  Giving, Want, Fruit

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• Ah! what a divine religion might be found out if charity were really made the principle of it instead of faith.

  Percy Bysshe Shelley

  Love, Atheism, Principles

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• As far as Martin [Luther] himself is concerned, O good God, what have we overlooked or not done? What fatherly charity have we omitted that we might call him back from such errors?

  Pope Leo X

  Errors, Done, Might

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• Catholicity seized on man... and the mystics, transcending all, taught him to ascend on high with the wings of contemplation the Ladder of Jacob composed of brilliant stones, by which God descends to Earth and man ascends to Heaven, till Earth and Heaven, and God and man, burning together in a conflagration of infinite charity, are transmuted into one.

  Juan Donoso Cortes

  Men, Wings, Heaven

  "Essays on Catholicism, Liberalism, and Socialism". Book by Juan Donoso Cortes, 1879.

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• Let us never forget that if we wish to die like the Saints we must live like them. Let us force ourselves to imitate their virtues, in particular humility and charity.

  Theodore Guerin

  Humility, Wish To Die, Saint

  Letter to Sisters at Saint Mary's, 1848.

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• Research material can turn up anywhere - in a dusty old letter in an archive, a journal or some old photographs you find in a charity shop.

  Sara Sheridan

  Archives, Research, Letters

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