"Charity outweighs all other commandments. " ~~ Talmud, Bava Batra
"But let justice roll down like waters, and righteousness like an everflowing stream!" ~~ Amos 5:24
"All Jews are responsible each for the other." ~~ Talmud, Shavuot
"The poor of your own town should be preferred to those of another." ~~ Talmud, Bava Metzia
"Charity must be given in secret." ~~ Talmud: Sabbath
"Great is charity because it brings Redemption nearer! " ~~ Talmud, Bava Batra
"He who refuses a suppliant the aid which he has the power to give, is accountable to justice." ~~ Josephus
"Even a poor man living on charity should give charity. " ~~ Talmud, Gittin
"Water will quench a flame and almsgiving atones for sins. " ~~ Ben Sira 3:30
"Who accepts alms he needs not will end by truly needing alms before he leaves this world." ~~ Talmud, Ketubot
"No man was ever beggared by giving charity." ~~ R. Yoel
"Be not slow to visit the sick!" ~~ Ben Sira 7:35