Causes Quote by Emanuel Swedenborg

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

— Vincent de Paul

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

Charity is unconscious of itself, there is no accumulation first and then distribution. It is like the flower - natural, open, spontaneous.

— Jiddu Krishnamurti

Charity is that sweet-smelling savor of Jesus Christ, which vanishes and is extinguished from the moment that it is exposed.

— Jean Baptiste Massillon

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 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 flower not naturally of earthly growth, and it needs manuring with a promise of profit.

— Ouida

Charity can be the outward expression of faith and hope.

— Joseph B. Wirthlin

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

— Anthony of Padua

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 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