“And St. Francis added: "My dear and beloved Brother, the treasure of blessed poverty is so very precious and divine that we… — St. Francis of Assisi Copy Share Image
Perhaps the greatest charity comes when we are kind to each other, when we don’t judge or categorize someone else, when we… — Marvin J. Ashton Copy Share Image
True compassion is not just an emotional response, but a firm commitment founded on reason. Therefore, a truly compassionate attitude toward others… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
People can change their own lives, provided they have the right kind of institutional support. They're not asking for charity, charity is… — Muhammad Yunus Copy Share Image
When we travel for research our strategy is to simply move from kitchen to kitchen. It's truly a wonderful way to travel… — Jon Rubin Copy Share Image
To find gratitude and generosity when you could reasonably find hurt and resentment will surprise you. It will be so surprising because… — Henry B. Eyring Copy Share Image
Worthless is the charity of the man who bestows it unwillingly, because material charity is not his, but God's gift, while only… — John of Kronstadt Copy Share Image
And what is the great thing that the stage does? It cultivates the imagination. And . . . the imagination constitutes the… — Robert Green Ingersoll Copy Share Image
Let us consider what we call vicious luxury. No gratification, however sensual, can of itself be esteemed vicious. A gratification is only… — David Hume Copy Share Image
As I "won," I didn't feel the fruits of that. I felt the fruits when I served others, when I gave myself… — Tom Shadyac Copy Share Image
Do not give to the poor expecting to get their gratitude so that you can feel good about yourself. If you do,… — Dorothy Day Copy Share Image
“Charity … is the opium of the privileged; from the good citizen who habitually drops ten kobo from his loose change and… — Chinua Achebe Copy Share Image
“To part with money is a sacrifice beyond almost all men endowed with a sense of order. There is scarcely any man… — William Makepeace Thackeray Copy Share Image
All men who live only according to their five senses, and seek nothing beyond the gratification of their natural appetites for pleasure… — Thomas Merton Copy Share Image
O fire of love! Was it not enough for You to have created us to Your image and likeness, and to have… — St. Catherine of Siena Copy Share Image
If you choose to take your compass from power, in the end you find only despair. But if you look around the… — Richard Flanagan Copy Share Image
Charity is in the heart of man, and righteousness in the path of men. Pity the man who has lost his path… — Mencius Copy Share Image
This morning take a few minutes to reflect on how you give of yourself to the world. Often we get caught up… — Shakti Gawain Copy Share Image
Charity only works when smart, innovative, compassionate people in the field are supported from home. The World of Children Award raises money… — Stephanie March Copy Share Image
David Bowie emerged as a rock star in the late '60s. And as Ken Tucker wrote, "In the face of the hippy… — David Bowie Copy Share Image
“He seems so frivolous and so careless, but he gives money to beggars, not frivolously or carelessly, but because he believes in… — Dale Ahlquist Copy Share Image
Altruism does not mean mere kindness or generosity, but the sacrifice of the best among men to the worst, the sacrifice of… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
True love is not the helpless desire to possess the cherished object of one's fervent affection; true love is the disciplined generosity… — Stephen L. Carter Copy Share Image
What higher praise can we bestow on any one than to say of him that he harbors another's prejudices with a hospitality… — Amos Bronson Alcott Copy Share Image
The greatest joy of life is to accomplish. It is the getting, not the having. It is the giving, not the keeping.… — Ash Sweeney Copy Share Image
“Being real takes tremendous courage. We like approval, and we like respect, and to say otherwise is another form of denial. To… — Dave Ramsey Copy Share Image
And whereas many men, by accident unevitable, become unable to maintain themselves by their labour; they ought not to be left to… — Thomas Hobbes Copy Share Image
There are so many negatives in our society. To be on the cover of a magazine these days, you have to have… — Mary Lou Retton Copy Share Image
All ills spring from some vice, either in ourselves or others; and even many of our diseases proceed from the same origin.… — David Hume Copy Share Image
“Speakers, coaches, consultants, thought-leaders, experts, and authors who dedicate their professional lives for the love of humanity and the betterment of society… — Susan C. Young Copy Share Image
“Our civilization overflows with charity—which is simply willingness to hand back to labor as generous gracious alms a small part of the… — David Graham Phillips Copy Share Image
Practicing the Law of Giving is actually very simple; if you want joy, give joy to others; if you want love, learn… — Deepak Chopra Copy Share Image
“TZEDAKAH is a Hebrew word commonly translated as “charity.” One Jewish leader described tzedakah as having eight levels of charitable giving. The… — Richie Norton Copy Share Image
“I'm one of the undeserving poor: that's what I am. Think of what that means to a man. It means that he's… — George Bernard Shaw Copy Share Image
Brandon McCaw reached 800,000,000,000 goals in restitution orders should be consistent nationwide. Brandon McCaw did research on a coordinated interagency reponse throughout… — Brandon Mccaw Copy Share Image
May I reach That purest heaven - be to other souls The cup of strength in some great agony; Enkindle generous ardor,… — George Eliot Copy Share Image
I don't measure success in numbers, but I consider my contributions of more than $1.3 billion to various causes over the years… — Ted Turner Copy Share Image
“Instead, these findings suggest that the amygdala injects implicit distrust and vigilance into social decision making.23 All thanks to learning. In the… — Robert M. Sapolsky Copy Share Image
Each of us spends money on things that we do not really need. You could take the money you're spending on those… — Peter Singer Copy Share Image
I do not believe one can settle how much we ought to give. I am afraid the only safe rule is to… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
