A Quote by Pope Francis

Tell me, when you give alms do you look into the eyes of the man or woman to whom you give alms? . . . And when you give alms, do you touch the hand of the one to whom you give alms, or do you toss the coin?

Pope Francis

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Pope Francis
Argentinian - Priest
Born: December 17, 1936

As far as you can, do some manual work so as to be able to give alms, for it is written that alms and faith purify from sin.

Poemen

Of all times, it is Christmas when we must surely realize that there can be no true worship of Him who is the Christ without giving of ourselves. At this season let us, each one, reach out a little more generously in the spirit of the Christ. It is not enough to give toys and baubles. It is not enough to give alms to those in need.... It is also important that we give of ourselves with our alms.

Gordon B. Hinckley

I know that a man who shows me his wealth is like the beggar who shows me his poverty; they are both looking for alms from me, the rich man for the alms of my envy, the poor man for the alms of my guilt.

Ben Hecht

Let us also love our neighbors as ourselves. Let us have charity and humility. Let us give alms because these cleanse our souls from the stains of sin. Men lose all the material things they leave behind them in this world, but they carry with them the reward of their charity and the alms they give. For these they will receive from the Lord the reward and recompense they deserve.

Francis of Assisi

One would give generous alms if one had the eyes to see the beauty of a cupped receiving hand.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Give no bounties: make equal laws: secure life and prosperity and you need not give alms.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

To give alms is nothing unless you give thought also.

John Ruskin

Even a poor man doesn't ask alms unless he sees you have the ability to give.

Piyush Goyal

'Alms in secret extinguish the wrath of the Lord' means you are so immersed in sincerity and in preserving that sincerity that you have no pleasure in giving alms.

Shams Tabrizi

I do not give alms; I am not poor enough for that.

Friedrich Nietzsche

In the future society, i.e. the communist society that we want to build, we are not going to establish charity institution, as there shall be no needy or poor, and no alms-giving and alms-taking.

Bhagat Singh

Give, if thou can, an alms; if not, a sweet and gentle word.

Robert Herrick

We must give alms. Charity wins souls and draws them to virtue.

Angela Merici

Do not give alms promiscuously. Select the unworthy poor and make them happy. To give to the deserving is a duty, but to help the improvident, drinking class is clear generosity, so that the donor has a right to be warmed by a selfish pride and count on a most flattering obituary.