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Charity Quotes by Swami Vivekananda
- You must also remember that the world has God to govern it, and He has not left it to our charity. The Lord God is…
- An atheist can be charitable but not religious. But the religious man must be charitable.
- Buddha taught kindness towards lower beings; and since then there has not been a sect in India that has not taught charity to all beings,…
- Charity never faileth.
- Charity opens the heart.
- Dâna, charity. There is no higher virtue than charity. The lowest man is he whose hand draws in, in receiving; and he is the highest…
- Every act of charity, every thought of sympathy, every action of help, every good deed, is taking so much of self-importance away from our little…
- Every time you think of doing some charity, you think there is some beggar to take your charity. If you say, "O Lord, let the…
- Have charity towards all beings. Pity those who are in distress. Love all creatures. Do not be jealous of anyone. Look not to the faults…
- Love and charity for the whole human race, that is the test of true religiousness.
- Mark, therefore, the ordinary theory of practical religion, what it leads to. Charity is great, but the moment you say it is all, you run…
- No civilisation can grow unless fanatics, bloodshed, and brutality stop. No civilisation can begin to lift up its head until we look charitably upon one…
- Religion has become to many merely a means of doing a little charity work, just to amuse them after a hard day's labour - they…
- Seek no praise, no reward, for anything you do. No sooner do we perform a good action than we begin to desire credit for it.…
- Test everything, try everything, and then believe it, and if you find it for the good of many, give it to all.
- The guiding motive of mankind should be charity towards men, charity towards all animals.
- The Jivanmukta ('the living free' or one who knows) alone is able to give real love, real charity, real truth, and it is truth alone…
- There is another way in which this idea of mercy and selfless charity can be put into practice; that is, by looking upon work as…
- Those who are acquainted with the literature of India will remember a beautiful old story about this extreme charity, how a whole family, as related…
- We have all been hearing from childhood of such things as love, peace, charity, equality, and universal brotherhood; but they have become to us mere…
- We hear all around us about practical religion, and analysing all that, we find that it can be brought down to one conception - charity…
- We may convert every house in the country into a charity asylum, we may fill the land with hospitals, but the misery of man will…
- We see many persons talking the most wonderfully fine things about charity and about equality and the rights of other people and all that, but…
- What good being object of charity? Give away, ne'er turn to ask in return, Should there be the wealth treasured in thy heart.
- What is meant by charity? Charity is not fundamental. It is really helping on the misery of the world, not eradicating it. One looks for…
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- I count him braver who overcomes his desires than him who conquers his enemies; for the hardest victory is over self. — Aristotle
- Where there is charity and wisdom, there is neither fear nor ignorance. — Francis of Assisi
- Find out how much God has given you and from it take what you need; the remainder is needed by others. — Saint Augustine
- Charity is no substitute for justice withheld. — Saint Augustine
- My father was a man of great charity towards the poor, and compassion for the sick, and also for servants; so much… — Teresa of Avila
- Never let your zeal outrun your charity. The former is but human, the latter is divine. — Hosea Ballou
- No man should think himself a zero, and think he can do nothing about the state of the world. — Bernard Baruch
- Every charitable act is a stepping stone toward heaven. — Henry Ward Beecher
- Bread for myself is a material question. Bread for my neighbor is a spiritual one. — Nikolai Berdyaev
- Almost every Monday I have a charity thing. I like that. I do. — Yogi Berra
- The argument of socialists, that people really want to share, beyond a reasonable level of charity, is rubbish, though it is espoused… — Conrad Black
- No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted. — Aesop