If there be a pleasure on earth which angels cannot enjoy, and which they might almost envy man the possession of, it… — Charles Caleb Colton Copy Share Image
All philanthropy — no age has seen more of it than our own — is only a savoury fumigation burning at the… — Ellen Key Copy Share Image
What, then, do they want a government for? Not to regulate commerce; not to educate the people; not to teach religion, not… — Herbert Spencer Copy Share Image
I started quite young at school, compering a charity event at an old people's home. I would do stand up and impressions… — Armando Iannucci Copy Share Image
That great political idea, sanctifying freedom and consecrating it to God, teaching men to treasure the liberties of others as their own… — Lord Acton Copy Share Image
Charity is to will and do what is just and right in every transaction. — Emanuel Swedenborg Copy Share Image
“Wanting help, I reached out to serve. Seeking happiness, I smiled and offered comfort. Yearning for love, I showed love. And now… — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
The territorial aristocracy of former ages was either bound by law, or thought itself bound by usage, to come to the relief… — Alexis de Tocqueville Copy Share Image
As a class, Jews give three times as much money to charity as anybody else, but they feel guilty about their wealth… — Jackie Mason Copy Share Image
You find people ready enough to do the Samaritan, without the oil and twopence. — Sydney Smith Copy Share Image
If we lived in a state where virtue was profitable, common sense would make us saintly. But since we see that avarice,… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The theological virtue of charity is the mysterious power, communicated by grace, to love as God loves. — Michel Quoist Copy Share Image
I hold that Christian grace abounds Where charity is seen; that when We climb to heaven, 'tis on the rounds Of love… — Alice Cary Copy Share Image
O, ye who visit the distressed, do ye know that everything your money can buy, given with a cold, averted face, is… — Harriet Beecher Stowe Copy Share Image
How often we recall with regret that Napoleon once shot at a magazine editor and missed him and killed a publisher. But… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
“I was hungry and you gave me to eat; I was cold and you clothed me; come, possess the kingdom prepared for… — St. Francis de Sales Copy Share Image
Foundations exist to help charities, to help those in need. And Mr. Trump has been incredibly generous throughout his career. — Kellyanne Conway Copy Share Image
I still have a suspicion of charity and think the state has a role to play in many areas. And although for… — Kazuo Ishiguro Copy Share Image
Marriage hath in it less of beauty but more of safety, than the single life; it hath more care, but less danger,… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Unlike solidarity, which is horizontal and takes place between equals, charity is top-down, humiliating those who receive it and never challenging the… — Eduardo Galeano Copy Share Image
Apart from the emergency aid we provide to alleviate the sufferings of victims of natural disasters, calamities and crises, we worked for… — Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan Copy Share Image
“Be wary of people who go out of their way in charity. They're usually compensating for some evil they're trying to erase.” — Christopher Herz Copy Share Image
