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Charity Quotes by Thomas Merton
- It is by desiring to grow in love that we receive the Holy Spirit, and the thirst for more charity is the effect of this…
- All men who live only according to their five senses, and seek nothing beyond the gratification of their natural appetites for pleasure and reputation and…
- Teach me to take all grace / And spring it into blades of act, / Grow spears and sheaves of charity, / While each new…
More Charity Quotes
- 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