In charity there is no excess.

The desire of power in excess caused the angels to fall; the desire of knowledge in excess caused man to fall: but in charity…

— Francis Bacon

The desire for power in excess caused angels to fall; the desire for knowledge in excess caused man to fall; but in charity is…

— Francis Bacon Sr

True charity is liable to excesses and transports.

— Jean Baptiste Massillon

Lastly, I would address one general admonition to all: that they consider what are the true ends of knowledge, and that they seek it…

— Francis Bacon

The next time you're looking at a charity, don't ask about the rate of their overhead. Ask about the scale of their dreams.

— Anonymous

Slander is a poison which kills charity, both in the slanderer and the one who listens.

— Bernard of Clairvaux

We must frankly confess, then, using our empirical common sense and ordinary practical prejudices, that in the world that actually is, the virtues of…

— William James

Exaggeration is in the course of things. Nature sends no creature, no man into the world, without adding a small excess of his proper…

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

To conclude, therefore, let no man upon a weak conceit of sobriety or an ill-applied moderation think or maintain that a man can search…

— Francis Bacon

We have to restore power to the family, to the neighborhood, and the community with a non-market principle, a principle of equality, of charity,…

— Jerry Brown

Both fact and logic seem to me to support the view that savings invested in privately owned economic tools of production amount to an…

— F. A. Harper

I'm publicist, patron of nine charities, creative director, food consultant, recipe developer - and mum.

— Jack Monroe

I would have none of that rigid circumspect charity which is never done without scrutiny, and which always mistrusts the truth of the necessities…

— Jean Baptiste Massillon

In this choice of inheritance we have given to our frame of polity the image of a relation in blood; binding up the constitution…

— Edmund Burke

The greatest charity you can contribute to is yourself. Instead of spending a dollar to help feed hungry children, why not spend that dollar…

— Zach Braff