Charity Quote by Thomas Aquinas

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

The measure of charity may be taken from the want of desires. As desires diminish in the soul, charity increases in it; and when…

— Saint Augustine

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

— Jiddu Krishnamurti

It must be said that charity can, in no way, exist along with mortal sin.

— Thomas Aquinas

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

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

— Anthony of Padua

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

— Ouida

What is meant by charity? Charity is not fundamental. It is really helping on the misery of the world, not eradicating it. One looks…

— Swami Vivekananda

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

— Vincent de Paul