Quotes about charity
103 quotes from 72 people
Edward Gibbon1737–1794The History of the Decline And Fall Of The Roman Empire (1776–1788), Chap. 49.I never knew any man in my life who could not bear another’s misfortunes perfectly like a Christian.
Alexander Pope1688–1744Thoughts on Various Subjects (1727)The best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the service of others.
Mahatma Gandhi1869–1948To Every Briton (1940)
Augustine of Hippo354–430Patrologia Latina, vol. 37, p. 1922
J. M. Barrie1860–1937The Little White Bird (1902), Ch. 4
Jack London1876–1916“Confession” in Complete Works of Jack London, Delphi Classics, (2013)
Jesus7 BC–AD 30Acts 20:35b
Julian of Norwich1342–1416Revelations of Divine Love, Sixteenth Revelation, Ch. 84
Mary Wollstonecraft1759–1797A Vindication of the Rights of Woman (1792), Ch. 4The vocation of every man and woman is to serve other people.
Leo Tolstoy1828–1910What Is To Be Done? (1886) Chap. XL, as translated in The Novels and Other Works of Lyof N. Tolstoï (1902) edited by Nathan Haskell Dole, p. 281He who receives a benefit with gratitude, repays the first installment of it.
Seneca the Younger5 BC–AD 65De Beneficiis (On Benefits): Book 2, cap. 22, line 1.You find people ready enough to do the Samaritan, without the oil and twopence.
Sydney Smith1771–1845Lady Holland’s Memoir (1855), Vol. I, ch. 9, p. 312To be good and lead a good life means to give to others more than one takes from them.
Leo Tolstoy1828–1910The First Step (1892), Ch. VIIHaving, First, gained all you can, and, Secondly saved all you can, Then give all you can.
John Wesley1703–1791Sermon 50 “The Use of Money” in The Works of the Reverend John Wesley, A.M. (1840) edited by John Emory, Vol. I, p. 446
