"Alms for the needy cannot be deemed a dole." ~~ Theodor Herzl
"If charity costs nothing, the world would be full of philanthropists." ~~ Talmud, Ketubot
"The poor of your own town should be preferred to those of another." ~~ Talmud, Bava Metzia
"The best charity is good will." ~~ Talmud, Ketubot
"Even a poor man living on charity should give charity. " ~~ Talmud, Gittin
"Riches are kept by their owner to his own hurt." ~~ Ecclesiastes (Kohelet) 5:12
"Two things will never mix: a good heart and stinginess." ~~ Mivchar Hapeninim
"What you do not give in charity voluntarily, the heathen will take from you forcibly. " ~~ Talmud, Bava Batra
"The greatest charity is to enable the poor to earn a living. " ~~ Talmud, Shabbat
"If an orphan boy and an orphan girl need support, or apply for a marriage grant, the girl is cared for first. The boy may beg, but not the girl. " ~~ Tosefta: Ketubot
"Happy is he who performs a good deed: for he may tip the scales for himself and the world." ~~ Talmud, Kiddushin
"As between relatives and poor strangers, relatives come first. " ~~ Talmud, Bava Metzia
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