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Alms Quotes

To give alms is nothing unless you give thought also Picture Quote #1

Gifts and alms are the expressions, not the essence, of this virtue Picture Quote #1

Loving words and deeds are the best alms Picture Quote #1

I do not give alms; I am not poor enough for that Picture Quote #1

If all alms were given only from pity, all beggars would have starved long ago Picture Quote #1

To drive men from independence to live on alms, is itself great cruelty Picture Quote #1

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Who gives himself with his alms feeds three, himself, his hungering neighbor and me Picture Quote #1

A trader does not squander his body as fodder or his soul as alms Picture Quote #1

The poor should live by alms Picture Quote #1

Give, if thou can, an alms; if not, a sweet and gentle word Picture Quote #1

We must give alms. Charity wins souls and draws them to virtue Picture Quote #1

When thou doest alms, let not thy left hand know what they right hand doeth Picture Quote #1

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But when thou doest alms, let not thy left hand know what thy right hand doeth Picture Quote #1

One would give generous alms if one had the eyes to see the beauty of a cupped receiving hand Picture Quote #1

All religions have honored the beggar. For he proves that in a matter at the same time as prosaic and holy, banal and regenerative as the giving of alms, intellect and morality, consistency and principles are miserably inadequate Picture Quote #1

So, ministers say that they teach charity. This is natural. They live on alms. All beggars teach that others should give Picture Quote #1

The fortune my spirit is not to be blown into coins of brass and flung to the winds as alms for the poor of the spirit. I guard my treasures: my thought, my will, my freedom. And the greatest of these is freedom Picture Quote #1

If we should be saved and become saints, we ought always to stand at the gates of the Divine mercy to beg and pray for, as an alms, all that we need Picture Quote #1

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Character is always known. Thefts never enrich; alms never impoverish; murder will speak out of stone walls Picture Quote #1

Tell me, when you give alms do you look into the eyes of the man or woman to whom you give alms?... And when you give alms, do you touch the hand of the one to whom you give alms, or do you toss the coin? Picture Quote #1

For if you change from inhumanity to alms giving, you have stretched fourth the hand that was withered. If you withdraw from theaters and go to church, you have cured the lame foot. If you draw back your eyes from a harlot... you have opened them when they were blind... These are the greatest miracles Picture Quote #1

If you could throw as an alms to those who would use it well the time that you fritter away, how many beggars would become rich! Picture Quote #1

Never have I greater reason for suspicion that when I am particularly pleased with myself, my faith, my progress, and my alms Picture Quote #1

The alms given to a naked man in the street do not fulfil the obligations of the state, which owes to every citizen a certain subsistence, a proper nourishment, convenient clothing, and a kind of life not incompatible with health Picture Quote #1

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Though our donations are made to please ourselves, we insist, upon those who receive our alms being pleased with them Picture Quote #1

If we should be saved and become saints, we ought always to stand at the gates of the Divine mercy to beg and pray for, as an alms, all that we need Picture Quote #1

A spiritual prayer is a humble prayer. Prayer is the asking of an alms, which requires humility... The lower the heart descends, the higher the prayer ascends Picture Quote #1

Charity bestowed upon those who are worthy of it is like good seed sown on a good soil that yields an abundance of fruits. But alms given to those who are yet under the tyrannical yoke of the passions are like seed deposited in a bad soil. The passions of the receiver of the alms choke, as it were, the growth of merits Picture Quote #1

The inclination to goodness is imprinted deeply in the nature of man; insomuch, that if it issue not towards men, it will take unto other living creatures; as it is seen in the Turks, cruel people, who, nevertheless, are kind to beasts, and give alms to dogs and birds Picture Quote #1

Work is love made visible. And if you cannot work with love but only with distaste, it is better that you should leave your work and sit at the gate of the temple and take alms of those who work with joy Picture Quote #1

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To give alms is nothing unless you give thought also (Alms Quotes) Gifts and alms are the expressions, not the essence, of this virtue (Alms Quotes) Loving words and deeds are the best alms (Alms Quotes) I do not give alms; I am not poor enough for that (Alms Quotes) If all alms were given only from pity, all beggars would have starved long ago (Alms Quotes) To drive men from independence to live on alms, is itself great cruelty (Alms Quotes) Who gives himself with his alms feeds three, himself, his hungering neighbor and me (Alms Quotes) A trader does not squander his body as fodder or his soul as alms (Alms Quotes) The poor should live by alms (Alms Quotes) Give, if thou can, an alms; if not, a sweet and gentle word (Alms Quotes) We must give alms. Charity wins souls and draws them to virtue (Alms Quotes) When thou doest alms, let not thy left hand know what they right hand doeth (Alms Quotes) But when thou doest alms, let not thy left hand know what thy right hand doeth (Alms Quotes) One would give generous alms if one had the eyes to see the beauty of a cupped receiving hand (Alms Quotes) All religions have honored the beggar. For he proves that in a matter at the same time as prosaic and holy, banal and regenerative as the giving of alms, intellect and morality, consistency and principles are miserably inadequate (Alms Quotes) So, ministers say that they teach charity. This is natural. They live on alms. All beggars teach that others should give (Alms Quotes) The fortune my spirit is not to be blown into coins of brass and flung to the winds as alms for the poor of the spirit. I guard my treasures: my thought, my will, my freedom. And the greatest of these is freedom (Alms Quotes) If we should be saved and become saints, we ought always to stand at the gates of the Divine mercy to beg and pray for, as an alms, all that we need. (Alms Quotes) Character is always known. Thefts never enrich; alms never impoverish; murder will speak out of stone walls (Alms Quotes) Tell me, when you give alms do you look into the eyes of the man or woman to whom you give alms?... And when you give alms, do you touch the hand of the one to whom you give alms, or do you toss the coin? (Alms Quotes) For if you change from inhumanity to alms giving, you have stretched fourth the hand that was withered. If you withdraw from theaters and go to church, you have cured the lame foot. If you draw back your eyes from a harlot... you have opened them when they were blind... These are the greatest miracles (Alms Quotes) If you could throw as an alms to those who would use it well the time that you fritter away, how many beggars would become rich! (Alms Quotes) Never have I greater reason for suspicion that when I am particularly pleased with myself, my faith, my progress, and my alms (Alms Quotes) The alms given to a naked man in the street do not fulfil the obligations of the state, which owes to every citizen a certain subsistence, a proper nourishment, convenient clothing, and a kind of life not incompatible with health (Alms Quotes) Though our donations are made to please ourselves, we insist, upon those who receive our alms being pleased with them (Alms Quotes) If we should be saved and become saints, we ought always to stand at the gates of the Divine mercy to beg and pray for, as an alms, all that we need (Alms Quotes) A spiritual prayer is a humble prayer. Prayer is the asking of an alms, which requires humility... The lower the heart descends, the higher the prayer ascends. (Alms Quotes) Charity bestowed upon those who are worthy of it is like good seed sown on a good soil that yields an abundance of fruits. But alms given to those who are yet under the tyrannical yoke of the passions are like seed deposited in a bad soil. The passions of the receiver of the alms choke, as it were, the growth of merits. (Alms Quotes) The inclination to goodness is imprinted deeply in the nature of man; insomuch, that if it issue not towards men, it will take unto other living creatures; as it is seen in the Turks, cruel people, who, nevertheless, are kind to beasts, and give alms to dogs and birds. (Alms Quotes) Work is love made visible. And if you cannot work with love but only with distaste, it is better that you should leave your work and sit at the gate of the temple and take alms of those who work with joy (Alms Quotes)

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