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  • Never do I close my door behind me without being conscious that I am carrying out an act of charity towards myself.

  • It is undeniable that every human being is entitled to living space, daily bread, and the protection of the law as a common birthright; these are fundamentals and should not be handed out as an act of charity.

    Alfred Delp (1963). “Prison meditations of Father Alfred Delp”, Palm Publications
  • It is from the numberless diverse acts of courage and belief that human history is shaped. Each time a man stands up for an ideal or acts to improve the lot of others or strikes out against injustice, he sends forth a tiny ripple of hope, and crossing each other from a million different centers of energy and daring, those ripples build a current that can sweep down the mightiest walls of oppression and resistance.

    Change   Hope   Courage  
    Robert F. Kennedy (1998). “Make Gentle the Life of the World: The Vision of Robert F. Kennedy”, Harcourt
  • Every act of charity, every thought of sympathy, every action of help, every good deed, is taking so much of self-importance away from our little selves and making us think of ourselves as the lowest and the least, and, therefore, it is all good. Here we find that Jnâna, Bhakti, and Karma - all come to one point.

    Karma   Thinking   Self  
    Swami Vivekananda (2015). “The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda”, p.83, Manonmani Publishers
  • We must not permit our respect for the dead or our sympathy for the living to lead us into an act of injustice to the balance of the living. I will not attempt to prove that Congress has no power to appropriate this money as an act of charity. Every member upon this floor knows it. We have the right as individuals to give away as much of our own money as we please in charity; but as members of congress we have no right to appropriate a dollar of the public money.

    "The Unconstitutional Congress" by Stephen Moore, www.hoover.org. April 01, 1995.
  • We are constituted so that simple acts of kindness, such as giving to charity or expressing gratitude, have a positive effect on our long-term moods. The key to the happy life, it seems, is the good life: a life with sustained relationships, challenging work, and connections to community.

  • U.S. commitment to NATO and our commitments our European partners is not an act of charity. It's not a gift that we give to our European partners. It's actually part of our security, as well, and their security is our security.

    Source: www.npr.org
  • Every good act is charity. A man's true wealth hereafter is the good that he does in this world to his fellows.

  • By our little acts of charity practiced in the shade we convert souls far away, we help missionaries, we win for them abundant alms; and by that means build actual dwellings spiritual and material for our Eucharistic Lord.

    St. Therese of Lisieux (1915). “Thoughts of Saint Thérèse”, p.20, TAN Books
  • Kindness is the language which the deaf can hear and the blind can see.

    Mark Twain (2015). “Bite-Size Twain: Wit and Wisdom from the Literary Legend”, p.18, St. Martin's Press
  • the better angels of our nature

    First Inaugural Address, 4 Mar. 1861
  • International solidarity is not an act of charity: It is an act of unity between allies fighting on different terrains toward the same objective. The foremost of these objectives is to aid the development of humanity to the highest level possible.

  • Each time a man stands up for an ideal or acts to improve the lot of others or strikes out against injustice, he sends forth a tiny ripple of hope.

    Robert F. Kennedy (1998). “Make Gentle the Life of the World: The Vision of Robert F. Kennedy”, Harcourt
  • A wise man should not divulge the formula of a medicine which he has well prepared; an act of charity which he has performed; domestic conflicts; private affairs with his wife; poorly prepared food he may have been offered; or slang he may have heard.

    Wise   Men   Medicine  
  • Women hold up the other half of the sky.

    Sky   Other Half   Half  
    Thomas Sankara (1988). “Thomas Sankara speaks: the Burkina Faso revolution, 1983-87”, Pathfinder Pr
  • We can do no great things-only small things with great love.

    Love   Life   Sad  
  • Creation comes before distribution - or there will be nothing to distribute. The need of the creator comes before the need of any possible beneficiary. Yet we are taught to admire the second-hander who dispenses gifts he has not produced above the man who made the gifts possible. We praise an act of charity. We shrug at an act of achievement.

    Men   Liberty   Needs  
    Ayn Rand (1999). “Ayn Rand Reader”, p.74, Penguin
  • After Lyndon Johnson's Great Society, the belief in decent housing as a political right or social obligation was supplanted in the U.S. by the notion that suitable shelter should be an act of charity.

  • Solidarity is not an act of charity, but mutual aid between forces fighting for the same objective.

    Samora Machel (1981). “Mozambique: Sowing the Seeds of Revolution”
  • No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted.

    Aesop (1963). “Aesop's fables”, Cliffs Notes
  • In every human act of charity, something larger, greater, divine has come down to visit the act.

    Charity   Divine   Humans  
  • By deriving it's just powers from the governed, government becomes primarily a mechanism for defense against bodily harm, theft, and involuntary servitude. It cannot claim the power to redistribute money or property nor to force reluctant citizens to perform acts of charity against their will. Government is created by the people. No individual possesses the power to take another's wealth or to force others to do good, so no government has the the right to do such things either. The creature cannot exceed the creator.

    Ezra Taft Benson (1986). “The Constitution: A Heavenly Banner”, Shadow Mountain
  • Remember to set apart at least one hour every day to do some service for others. While the food we eat nurtures our bodies, it is what we give in charity that nurtures our souls. If time is not available daily, reserve at least a few hours every week for some worthwhile act of charity.

    Giving   Soul   Charity  
  • The simplest acts of kindness are by far more powerful then a thousand heads bowing in prayer.

    Wise   Prayer   Powerful  
  • Every charitable act is a stepping stone toward heaven.

  • Creation comes before distribution -- or there will be nothing to distribute.

    Ayn Rand (1997). “Letters of Ayn Rand”, p.103, Penguin
  • I choose not to believe in any gods as an act of charity," Marcus said. "Charity toward whom?" "Toward the gods. Seems rude to think they couldn't make a world better than this.

    Believe   Thinking   Rude  
    Daniel Abraham (2011). “The Dragon's Path: Book 1 of The Dagger and the Coin”, p.104, Hachette UK
  • The smallest act of kindness is worth more than the greatest intention.

  • There is so much indifference in the face of suffering. May we overcome indifference with concrete acts of charity.

    Pope Francis‏ @Pontifex, twitter.com. June 20, 2014.
  • We must not permit our respect for the dead or our sympathy for the living to lead us into an act of injustice to the balance of the living.

    "The Life of Colonel David Crockett". Book by Edward Sylvester Ellis, 1884.
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