CHARITY 善行

Charity gives itself rich; covetousness hoards itself poor.

Richard Chenevix Trench

施捨者越給越富足；貪婪者越囤越貧窮。

The word 'alms' has no singular, as if to teach us that a solitary act of charity scarcely deserves the name.

Anonymous

「施捨」這個字沒有單數形，彷彿在教導我們：一次孤立的善行，很難稱得上是真正的慈善。

Charity is the very livery of Christ.

Hugh Latimer

慈善與愛心，正是基督門徒的專屬制服。

The greatest charity in the world is the communication of divine truth to the ignorant.

Alexander Maclaren

世上最偉大的慈善，就是將神聖的真理傳遞給蒙昧無知的人。

The brightest blaze of intelligence is of incalculably less value than the smallest spark of charity.

William Nevins

最耀眼的理智烈焰，其價值也遠遠比不上最微小的一星愛心火花。

Charity is the best way to plenty; he gets most that gives most.

George Swinnock

「善行」是通往豐盛的最佳途徑；給予最多的人，得到的也最多。

True charity is the desire to be useful to others without thought of recompense.

Emanuel Swedenborg

真正的慈善，是渴望對他人有所奉獻，卻不求任何回報。

A man that only translates shell never be a poet; nor a painter that only copies, nor a swimmer that swims always with bladders; so people that trust wholly to others charity, and without industry of their own, will always be poor.

William Temple

一個只會翻譯的人，絕不可能成為詩人；一個只會臨摹的畫家，絕不可能成為大師；一個總是依賴浮囊的人，絕不可能學會游泳。同理，完全仰賴他人施捨而自身不願努力的人，注定永遠貧窮。

A bone to the dog is not charity. Charity is the bone shared with the dog, when you are just as hungry as the dog.

Jack London

給狗一根骨頭不是仁慈。人狗一樣餓而還能和狗分享這根骨頭，那才是仁慈。