Quotes about Charity

Above all things have charity, which is the bond of perfection and may the peace of Christ exult in your hearts in which you are called unto one Body. And be grateful.? It seems to me that all mystical theology is contained in those two lines.

It takes heroic charity and humility to let others sustain us when we are absolutely incapable of sustaining ourselves.

Who can be good, if not made so by loving? —St. Augustine

We must live in charity with all men, but familiarity with them is not desirable. It sometimes happens that someone personally unknown to us enjoys a high reputation, but that when we meet him, we are not impressed. Similarly, we sometimes imagine that our company is pleasing, when in reality we offend others by our ill behaviour.

Our prayers for others flow more easily than those for ourselves. This shows we are made to live by charity.

The greatest of our evils and the worst of our crimes is poverty.

This is to assuage our conscience, darling," she would explain to Blanca. "But it doesn't help the poor.

Charity is the perfection and ornament of religion.

A little help is worth a great deal of pity.

Time and money spent in helping men to do more for themselves is far better than mere giving.

I was hungered, and ye gave me meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me drink: I was a stranger, and ye took me in: I was naked, and ye clothed me: I was sick, and ye visited me: I was in prison, and ye came unto me.

In necessary things, unity; in doubtful things, liberty; in all things, charity.