"Had the people of the generation of the Flood and the people of Sodom given charity, they would not have been destroyed." ~~ Midrash Zuta
"Don’t use the chutzpa of a beggar as an excuse for not helping him." ~~ Rabbi Shmelke of Nickelsburg
"Be not slow to visit the sick!" ~~ Ben Sira 7:35
"Care of the poor is incumbent on society as a whole." ~~ Spinoza
"Deeds of kindness weigh as much as all the commandments." ~~ Talmud Yerushalmi, Peah 1:1
"The reward of a mitzva? Another mitzva!" ~~ Sayings of the Fathers
"One mitzva (good deed) leads to another, just as one averah (sin) leads to another." ~~ Sayings of the Fathers
"Whoever gives the poor money is blessed sixfold; whoever does it with a kind word is blessed sevenfold. " ~~ Talmud, Bava Batra
"A truly generous man is he that always gives, whether it be much or little, before he is asked." ~~ Orchot Tsadikim
"Every Jew must either give or take charity for Passover." ~~ Shalom Aleichem
"A gift given in secret averts wrath." ~~ Proverbs (Mishle) 21:14
"The one who causes a good deed to be performed is as meritorious as the one who performs it." ~~ Talmud, Sanhedrin