"A rich man may fall seven times and rise again, but the poor falls once only—and forever." ~~ Mishle Israel
"Do not humiliate a beggar: God is at his right hand." ~~ Shabetai Horowitz
"The intention is the foundation of the deed." ~~ Moses Ibn Ezra
"Who is honored? He that honors mankind." ~~ Avot 4:1
"Divided as we may be by religion, we are united by charity." ~~ Rashi (to a Christian monk)
"If charity costs nothing, the world would be full of philanthropists." ~~ Talmud, Ketubot
"Whether you do little or much, let it be out of good intentions." ~~ Talmud, Shavuot
"Charity delivers from death only when giver and recipient do not know the one who the other is. " ~~ Talmud, Sanhedrin
"The highest level of charity is to help others help themselves." ~~ Maimonides
"Had the people of the generation of the Flood and the people of Sodom given charity, they would not have been destroyed." ~~ Midrash Zuta
"Blessed be he who considers the poor: the Lord will deliver him in the day of trouble. " ~~ Psalms/Tehillim 41:2
"What you do not give in charity voluntarily, the heathen will take from you forcibly. " ~~ Talmud, Bava Batra
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