Charity Quote by Sathya Sai Baba

What I am fighting is the idea that charity is a moral duty and a primary virtue.

— Ayn Rand

It is justice, not charity, that is wanting in the world.

— Mary Wollstonecraft

You have to build a culture of philanthropy. In a country like India, we need to be sensitive and caring about the poorer, more…

— Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw

Give nobly to indigent merit, and do not refuse your charity even to those who have not merit but their misery.

— Lord Chesterfield

“While the word charity connotes a single act of giving, justice speaks to right living, of aligning oneself with the world in a way…

— Rachel Held Evans

There is one kind of charity common enough among us... It is that patchwork philanthropy which clothes the ragged, feeds the poor, and heals…

— Jamsetji Tata

Philanthropy is the duty of how we should behave when things go wrong for people, and how we can help to make things better…

— Robert L. Payton

Strangely, charity sometimes gets dismissed, as if it is ineffective, inappropriate or even somehow demeaning to the recipient. 'This isn't charity,' some donors take…

— Ban Ki-moon

Charity is the filthiest invention of the human mind: first you steal what belongs to everyone; then you use the law and various other…

— U.G. Krishnamurti

To heal the breach between the rich and the poor, it is necessary to distinguish between justice and charity.

— Pope Pius X

The system of volunteerism is divisive. It pits one charity against the others for the charity dollar.

— Phil Donahue

Charity is no substitute for justice. If we never challenge a social order that allows some to accumulate wealth--even if they decide to help…

— Michael Eric Dyson