"Water will quench a flame and almsgiving atones for sins. " ~~ Ben Sira 3:30
"Who accepts alms he needs not will end by truly needing alms before he leaves this world." ~~ Talmud, Ketubot
"No man was ever beggared by giving charity." ~~ R. Yoel
"Be not slow to visit the sick!" ~~ Ben Sira 7:35
"The greatest good you can do for another is not just share your riches, but to reveal to him his own. " ~~ Benjamin Disraeli
"Always help the persecuted." ~~ Nachman of Bratslav
"A good man does his fellow a favor for no reason save that he is a good man." ~~ Zror Hamor
"If you have much, give much; if you have little, be not afraid to give according to that little; for you lay up a good treasure for yourself against the day of need." ~~ Apocrypha: Tobit
"Riches are kept by their owner to his own hurt." ~~ Ecclesiastes (Kohelet) 5:12
"To a hungry man everything bitter is sweet. " ~~ Proverbs (Mishle) 27:7
"A table spread for the poor is an altar for the rich. " ~~ Targum Yerushalmi
"Happy is he who performs a good deed: for he may tip the scales for himself and the world." ~~ Talmud, Kiddushin