"True charity is the desire to be useful……" — Emanuel Swedenborg

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• I count him braver who overcomes his desires than him who conquers his enemies; for the hardest victory is over… — 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… — 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;… — 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… — Conrad Black
• No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted. — Aesop

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