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«Real charity doesn't care if it's tax-deductible or not.»
«The charity that is a trifle to us can be precious to others.»
«Peace is the work of justice indirectly, in so far as justice removes the obstacles to peace; but it is the work of charity (love) directly, since charity, according to its very notion, causes peace.»
Author: St. Thomas Aquinas
| About:
Charity,
Peace
| Keywords:
charity, directly, indirectly, in so far, notion, removes
«The qualities most needed are charity and tolerance, not some form of fanatical faith such as is offered to us by the various rampant isms»
«The best thing to give to your enemy is forgiveness; to an opponent, tolerance; to a friend, your heart; to your child, a good example; to a father, deference; to your mother, conduct that will make her proud of you; to yourself, respect; to all men, charity.»
Author: Benjamin Franklin
(Inventor, Philosopher, Printer, Scientist, Statesman, Writer)
| About:
Positive thinking,
Respect
| Keywords:
charities, charity, child, conduct, deference, example, Father, fathering, forgiveness, good example, mother, opponent, proud, prouder, proud of, respect, tolerance
«The desire for power in excess caused angels to fall; the desire for knowledge in excess caused man to fall; but in charity is no excess, neither can man or angels come into danger by it»
Author: Francis Bacon, Sr.
(Lawyer, Philosopher)
| About:
Desire
| Keywords:
caused, charity, come into, excess, fallen angel, No Angel
«There are nine requisites for contented living: HEALTH enough to make work a pleasure; WEALTH enough to support your needs; STRENGTH enough to battle with difficulties and forsake them; GRACE enough to confess your sins and overcome them; PATIENCE enough to toil until some good is accomplished; CHARITY enough to see some good in your neighbor; LOVE enough to move you to be useful and helpful to others; FAITH enough to make real the things of God; HOPE enough to remove all anxious fears concerning the future.»
Author: Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
(Dramatist, Novelist, Playwright, Poet)
| Keywords:
accomplished, anxious, battle, charities, charity, concerning, confess, confessing, contented, difficulties, Faith in the Future, fears, forsake, forsakes, forsaking, Good Neighbors, grace, health, helpful, Hope and Faith, move, needs, neighbor, neighboring, nines, Nine Lives, overcome, patience, remove, requisites, sins, support, The Good Neighbor, toil, toiled, toiling, useful, wealth
«The worst of charity is that the lives you are asked to preserve are not worth preserving»
Author: Ralph Waldo Emerson
(Essayist, Lecturer, Poet)
| About:
Charity
| Keywords:
charity, preserve, preserving
«Order your soul; reduce your wants; live in charity; associate in Christian community; obey the laws; trust in Providence.»
Author: Saint Augustine
(Bishop, Theologian)
| About:
Belief,
Charity,
Soul
| Keywords:
associate, charity, providence, reduce
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