Charity Quote by Emanuel Swedenborg

Charity may be a very short word, but with its tremendous meaning of pure love, it sums up man's entire relation to God and…

— Aelred of Rievaulx

Charity is the sweet and holy bond which links the soul with its Creator: it binds God with man and man with God.

— St. Catherine of Siena

Charity is the cement which binds Communities to God and persons to one another . . .

— Vincent de Paul

Charity means love towards the neighbor and compassion, for anyone who loves his neighbor as himself also has as much compassion for him in…

— Emanuel Swedenborg

Charity is the soul of faith, makes it alive; without love, faith dies.

— Anthony of Padua

Charity is the cement that unites communities to God and individuals to each other so that he who contributes to the union of hearts…

— St. Vincent

Charity is the pure love of Christ. Let's bring it down for us lay folk to understand. Selflessness, patience. . . . a great…

— Hyrum W. Smith

Stated baldly, charity certainly means one of two things–pardoning unpardonable acts, or loving unlovable people.

— Gilbert K. Chesterton

Charity is like warmth in springtime or summer that causes grass, plants, and trees to grow. Without charity, or spiritual warmth, nothing grows.

— Emanuel Swedenborg

Charity is that rational and constant affection which makes us sacrifice ourselves to the human race, as if we were united with it, so…

— Confucius

Charity is a supreme virtue, and the great channel through which the mercy of God is passed on to mankind. It is the virtue…

— Conrad Hilton

...it's what charity truly means, that compassion for each other's vulnerability

— Sally Brampton