"Who closes his ears to the cry of the poor will himself cry out and not be heard." ~~ Proverbs (Kohelet) 21:13
"The door which is not opened for a beggar will open for a doctor." ~~ Pesikta Rabati
"As a torch is not diminished though it kindles a million candles, so will he not lose who gives to a good cause." ~~ Midrash Exodus Babbah
"The one who causes a good deed to be performed is as meritorious as the one who performs it." ~~ Talmud, Sanhedrin
"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
"The man whose good deeds exceed his wisdom is like a tree with few branches and many roots: all the raging winds will not move him." ~~ Sayings of the Fathers 3:17
"Advice and words will not fill an empty belly." ~~ Mishle Yehoshua
"Make it your rule not to ask for yourself more than others give you!" ~~ Samuel Joseph Agnon
"A man gives little if he gives much with a frown; he gives much if he gives little with a smile." ~~ Talmud, Ketubot
"Care of the poor is incumbent on society as a whole." ~~ Spinoza
"Charity is as potent for atonement as the altar." ~~ Johanan b. Zakkai
"If you do a man a favor, do not regard it as a debt he must repay!" ~~ Mishle Shua’lim
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