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Arbitration is justice blended with charity.
NBNachman of Bratslav
- Justice
Before reciting his prayers, a man should give to charity.
NBNachman of Bratslav
- Prayer
Even the poor should give something to charity.
NBNachman of Bratslav
No sound ought to be heard in the church but the healing voice of Christian charity.
Edmund Burke1729–1797Reflections on the Revolution in France (1790)
- Christianity
If I had a dime for every time a homeless guy asked me for change, I’d still say no.
Bo Burnhamborn 1990Words Words Words (2010)
- Comedy
Compassion is the work of a nation, not just a government.
George W. Bushborn 1946George W. Bush’s First Inaugural Address (2001)
- Government
You cannot imagine a more certain rule or a more powerful suggestion than this, that all the blessings we enjoy are divine deposits which we have received on this condition that we distribute them to others.
John Calvin1509–1564Golden Booklet of the True Christian Life (1551), Page 35.
Whether one believes in a religion or not, and whether one believes in rebirth or not, there isn’t anyone who doesn’t appreciate kindness and compassion.
Tenzin Gyatso, 14th Dalai Lamaborn 1935“Kindness and Compassion” p. 47.
- Religion
This is my simple religion. There is no need for temples; no need for complicated philosophy. Our own brain, our own heart is our temple; the philosophy is kindness.
Tenzin Gyatso, 14th Dalai Lamaborn 1935“Kindness and Compassion” p. 52
- Religion
It is necessary to help others, not only in our prayers, but in our daily lives. If we find we cannot help others, the least we can do is to desist from harming them.
Tenzin Gyatso, 14th Dalai Lamaborn 1935The Dalai Lama: A Policy of Kindness (1990), “A Talk to Western Buddhists” p. 89
For myself, I want no advantage over my fellow man, and if he is weaker than I, all the more is it my duty to help him.
Eugene V. Debs1855–1926The Negro and His Nemesis (1904)
- Responsibility
If they would rather die,” said Scrooge, “they had better do it, and decrease the surplus population.
Charles Dickens1812–1870A Christmas Carol (1843), Stave IIn context
“Mankind was my business. The common welfare was my business; charity, mercy, forbearance, and benevolence, were, all, my business. The dealings of my trade were but a drop of water in the comprehensive ocean of my business!”
Charles Dickens1812–1870A Christmas Carol (1843), Stave IIn context
- Business
Will you decide what men shall live, what men shall die? It may be, that in the sight of Heaven, you are more worthless and less fit to live than millions like this poor man’s child.
Charles Dickens1812–1870A Christmas Carol (1843), Stave IIIIn context
- Life & Death
This boy is Ignorance. This girl is Want. Beware them both, and all of their degree, but most of all beware this boy, for on his brow I see that written which is Doom, unless the writing be erased.
Charles Dickens1812–1870A Christmas Carol (1843), Stave IIIIn context
- Education