#charity

Examine your heart often to see if it is such toward your neighbor as you would like his to be toward you were you in his place. This is the touchstone of true reason. ↗

— St. Francis de Sales

#love #neighbor #love

I did a charity walk the other day. They asked for money, and I walked.
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— Jarod Kintz

#funny #humor #funny

The married thing. Sometimes I look at it and feel like someone from a Dickens novel, standing outside in the cold and staring in at Christmas dinner. Relationships hadn't ever really worked for me. I think it's had something to do with all the demons, ghosts, and human sacrifice. ↗

— Jim Butcher

#harry-dresden #humor #love #michael-carpenter #humor

The mission sat in a converted store front on the corner of a medium-busy street. There was a small crowd gathered in front - no real surprise, since they gave out food and clothing, all all you had to do was spend a few moments of your life listening to the good reverend explain why you were going to Hell. It seemed like a pretty good bargain, even to me, but I wasn't hungry. ↗

— Jeff Lindsay

#christianity #homeless #mission #business

The greatest gift you can ever give is yourself. ↗

— Michel Templet

#love #philosophy #love

The faith must express itself in charity and in solidarity, which is the civil form of charity. ↗

— Claudio Hummes

#civil #express #faith #form #itself

Of the twelve companions of Thorin, ten remained. Fili and Kili had fallen defending him with shield and body, for he was their mother’s elder brother. ↗

— J.R.R. Tolkien

#death #heroic #life #death

Charity is no substitute for justice withheld. ↗

— Saint Augustine

#justice #substitute #withheld

I think often times when people choose to be part of a charity; it's usually because something is very personal. ↗

— Elizabeth Berkley

#charity #choose #i #i think #often

Charity should begin at home, but should not stay there. ↗

— Phillips Brooks

#begin #charity #should #stay