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"Charity (Daan) means to make another living being happy, whether it is a human being or some animals, giving happiness to them, that is what is called Charity. When you give happiness to everyone, happiness will indeed come to you in its 'reaction'. If you give happiness then you immediately receive happiness just sitting at home."

"Good works is giving to the poor and the helpless, but divine works is showing them their worth to the One who matters."

"The spirit of Christmas is a sweet, internal peace that testifies of the power of kindness and charity."

"I have had occasion to meet with, in convents for instance, literally saintly examples of practical charity, they have generally had the brisk, decided, undisturbed and slightly brutal air of a busy surgeon, the face in which one can discern no commiseration, no tenderness at the sight of suffering humanity, and no fear of hurting it, the face devoid of gentleness or sympathy, the sublime face of true goodness."

"To give up yourself without regret is the greatest charity."

"Our dedication to charity guides our purpose. The love of laughter inspires our vision. The generous support of supporters, friends and fans along with the finest businesses in Houston and throughout America helps drive our mission. Thank you to those who generously donate to one or all of the charities Sol-Caritas supports."

"Charity even for one person does not make sense except in terms of an effort to love all Creation in response to the Creator's love for it."

"That day, I learned that I could be a giver by simply bringing a smile to another person. The ensuing years have taught me that a kind word, a vote of support is a charitable gift. I can move over and make another place for someone. I can turn my music up if it pleases, or down if it is annoying. I may never be known as a philanthropist, but I certainly am a lover of mankind, and I will give freely of my resources."

"The answer to the prayer of a rich man is in the hands of the poor."
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"To be obliged to beg our daily happiness from others bespeaks a more lamentable poverty than that of him who begs his daily bread."

"It is better to meet danger than to wait for it. He that is on a lee shore, and foresees a hurricane, stands out to sea and encounters a storm to avoid a shipwreck."

"War kills men, and men deplore the loss; but war also crushes bad principles and tyrants, and so saves societies."

"Moderation is the inseparable companion of wisdom, but with it genius has not even a nodding acquaintance."

"Wealth after all is a relative thing since he that has little and wants less is richer than he that has much and wants more."

"He that has energy enough to root out a vice should go further, and try to plant a virtue in its place."

"Constant success shows us but one side of the world; adversity brings out the reverse of the picture."

"There are three modes of bearing the ills of life, by indifference, by philosophy, and by religion."

"That writer does the most who gives his reader the most knowledge and takes from him the least time."
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