"But let justice roll down like waters, and righteousness like an everflowing stream!" ~~ Amos 5:24
"Don’t use the chutzpa of a beggar as an excuse for not helping him." ~~ Rabbi Shmelke of Nickelsburg
"Who is honored? He that honors mankind." ~~ Avot 4:1
"Happy is the man whose deeds are greater than his learning." ~~ Midrash Eliyahu R.
"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
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