Morality...Virtues...CHARITY
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0797 P
“It is one of the most beautiful compensations of this life that no man can sincerely try to help
another without helping himself.” — Ralph Waldo Emerson
CHARITY, Family & Friends
0798
“To feel much for others and little for ourselves; to restrain our selfishness and exercise our benevolent affections, constitute the perfection of human nature.”
— Adam Smith
CHARITY, Excellence, Greed, Hate, Love
0799
“Nowadays, we think of a philanthropist as someone who donates big sums of money, yet the word is derived from two Greek words, philos (loving) and anthropos (man); loving man. All of us are capable of being philanthropists. We can give of ourselves.” — Edward Lindsey
CHARITY, Wealth, Love
0800 A
“I can think of no more stirring symbol of man’s humanity to man than a fire engine.” — Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.
CHARITY, Love, Optimism
0801
“He who receives a good turn should never forget it; he who does one should never remember it.”
— Pierre Charron
CHARITY, Humility
0802
“Success has nothing to do with what you gain in life or accomplish for yourself. It’s what you do for others.” — Danny Thomas
CHARITY, Wealth
0803
“A man is called selfish, not for pursuing his own good, but for neglecting the neighbor’s.” — Richard Whately
CHARITY, Greed, Individualism
0804
“The sweetest pleasure is in imparting it.” — Christian N(estell) Bovee
CHARITY, Happiness, Love, Family & Friends
0805 A
“Service is the rent we pay for the privilege of living on this earth.” — N. Eldon Tanner
CHARITY, Politics, Government
0806 PH
“It seems wrong for a state to take money from the poor and ignorant by selling them lottery
tickets to collect money to help the state provide welfare and education to the poor and ignorant.” — Andy Rooney
CHARITY, Government
0807 A
“Money is like manure, of very little use except it be spread.” — Francis Bacon
CHARITY, Wealth
0808
“I have the feeling that in a balanced life one should die penniless.” — Art Garfunkel
CHARITY, Wealth, Death
0809
“Words can sometimes, in moments of grace, attain the quality of deeds.” — Elie Wiesel
CHARITY, Communication
0810
“Sympathy is never wasted except when you give it to yourself.” — John W. Raper
CHARITY, Sadness, Doubt, Love
0811 HA
“If you pick up a starving dog and make him prosperous, he will not bite you. This is the principal
difference between a dog and a man.” — Mark Twain
CHARITY, Wealth
0812
“The excellence of a gift lies in its appropriateness rather than its value.”
— Charles Dudley Warner
CHARITY, Reward
CHARITY Cross-References
Wealth—19, 34-35 • Excellence—60 •
Happiness—239 • Knowledge—523-524 • Love—763, 764, 772 •
Principles—947 • Conscience—980 • God—989 •
Goodness—1035 • Reward—1206 • Government—1275 •
Individualism—1350 • Family & Friends—1365-1366, 1370
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