Give no bounties make equal laws secure life and prosperity and you need not give alms.
Quotes about alms (16 Quotes)
There is not a soul who does not have to beg alms of another, either a smile, a handshake, or a fond eye.
Give, if thou canst, an alms if not, afford, instead of that, a sweet and gentle word.
The following sentiments are illustrative of the philosophy of the Talmud 'Love peace and pursue it at any cost.' ... 'Remember it is better to be persecuted than to persecute.' ... 'Be not prone to anger.' ... 'He who giveth alms in secret is greater than Moses himself.' ... 'It is better to utter a short prayer with devotion than a long one without fervor.' ... 'He who having but one piece of bread in his basket, and says, What shall I eat tomorrow is a man of little faith.' (Farrar, The Life of Christ, p. 680.)
The angels asked, 'O God Is there anything of Thy creation stronger than rocks' God said, 'Yes iron is stronger than rocks, for it breaketh them.' The angels said, 'O Lord Is there anything of Thy creation stornger than iron' God said, 'Yes fire is stronger than iron, for it melteth it.' And the angels said, O defender Is there anything of Thy creation stronger than fire' God said, 'Yes water overcometh fire it killeth it and maketh it cold.' Then the angels said, 'O Lord Is there anything of Thy creation stronger than water' God said, 'Yes wind overcometh water it agitateth it and putteth it in motion.' They said, 'O our cherisher Is there anything in Thy creation stronger than wind' God said, 'Yes, the children of Adam, giving alms that is, those who give with their right hands and conceal if from their left, they overcome all.'
Work is love made visible. And if you cannot work with love but only with distaste, it is better that you should leave your work and sit at the gate of the temple and take alms of those who work with joy.
Shall I not inform you of a better act than fasting, alms, and prayers Making peace between one another enmity and malice tear up heavenly rewards by the roots.
I know that a man who shows me his wealth is like the beggar who shows me his poverty; they are both looking for alms from me, the rich man for the alms of my envy, the poor man for the alms of my guilt.
To give alms is nothing unless you give thought also.
Love the earth and sun and animals, Despise riches, give alms to everyone that asks, Stand up for the stupid and crazy, Devote your income and labor to others ... And your very flesh shall be a great poem.
Just as I support my life, neither by robbery nor alms, but by my own effort, so I do not seek to derive my happiness from the injury or the favour others of, but earn it by my own achievement. Just as I do not consider the pleasure of others as the goal of my life, so I do not consider my pleasure as the goal of the lives of others. Just as there are no contradictions in my values and no conflicts among my desires so there are no victims and no conflicts of interest among rational men, men who do not desire the unearned and do not view one another with a cannibal's lust, men who neither make sacrifice nor accept them.
The most excellent of alms is that of a man of small property, which he has earned by labor, and from which he giveth as much as he is able.
Almsgiving is duty unto you. Alms should be taken from the rich and returned to the poor.
There is no one on earth more disgusting and repulsive than he who gives alms. Even as there is no one so miserable as he who accepts them.
Give a drink of water as alms to the birds which go forth at morning, and deem that they have a better right than men to thy charity. For their race brings not harm upon thee in any wise, when thou fearest it from thine own race.
Also see how many quarters of corn you will spend in a week in dispensable bread, how much in alms.