Alms Quotes

82 Alms quotes by 54 unique authors

There is a class of persons to whom by all spiritual affinity i am bought and sold; for them i will go to prison, if… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
If you disclose your alms, even then it is well done, but if you keep them secret, and give them to the poor, then that… — Muhammad
Let us also love our neighbors as ourselves. Let us have charity and humility. Let us give alms because these cleanse our souls from the… — Francis of Assisi
In the matter of piety, poverty serves us better than wealth, and work better than idleness, especially since wealth becomes an obstacle even for those… — Saint John Chrysostom
Yet, when we must put aside our wrath, quench our envy, soften our anger, offer our prayers, and show a disposition which is reasonable, mild,… — Saint John Chrysostom
Almsgiving above all else requires money, but even this shines with a brighter luster when the alms are given from our poverty. The widow who… — Saint John Chrysostom
There are many poor men and poor women: set apart some one constantly to remain there: let the poor man be though but as a… — Saint John Chrysostom
Let us not overlook so great a gain. — Saint John Chrysostom
For when the unclean spirit is gone out of a man, he walketh through places without water, seeking rest; and not finding. . . — Bruno of Cologne
For the unclean spirit enters easily into a man, and easily goes out from him. — Bruno of Cologne
For the devil may tempt the good, but he cannot find rest in them; for he is shaken violently, and upset, and driven out, now… — Bruno of Cologne
The best remedy for dryness of spirit, is to picture ourselves as beggars in the presence of God and the Saints, and like a beggar,… — Philip Neri
If we should be saved and become saints, we ought always to stand at the gates of the Divine mercy to beg and pray for,… — Alphonsus Liguori
The poor should live by alms. — Benedict Joseph Labre
Tell me, when you give alms do you look into the eyes of the man or woman to whom you give alms? . . .… — Pope Francis
Of all times, it is Christmas when we must surely realize that there can be no true worship of Him who is the Christ without… — Gordon B. Hinckley
If all alms were given only from pity, all beggars would have starved long ago. — Friedrich Nietzsche
To give alms is nothing unless you give thought also. — John Ruskin
The rich have no more of the kingdom of heaven than they have purchased of the poor by their alms. — John Donne
Loving words and deeds are the best alms. — Mata Amritanandamayi

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