"Charity must be given in secret." ~~ Talmud: Sabbath
"Blessed be he who considers the poor: the Lord will deliver him in the day of trouble. " ~~ Psalms/Tehillim 41:2
"Great is charity because it brings Redemption nearer! " ~~ Talmud, Bava Batra
"To arbitrate is to temper justice with charity." ~~ Nachman of Bratslav
"Whether you do little or much, let it be out of good intentions." ~~ Talmud, Shavuot
"Charity knows neither race nor creed." ~~ Talmud, Gittin
"He who refuses a suppliant the aid which he has the power to give, is accountable to justice." ~~ Josephus
"Even a poor man living on charity should give charity. " ~~ Talmud, Gittin
"What nation on earth has customs as strange as ours? Our poor demand alms, as if they were collecting a debt, and our benefactors…invite paupers to their table." ~~ Jacob Mendele
"Water will quench a flame and almsgiving atones for sins. " ~~ Ben Sira 3:30
"Divided as we may be by religion, we are united by charity." ~~ Rashi (to a Christian monk)
"The begger is hungry and does not know it." ~~ Talmud, Megillah