"The one who causes a good deed to be performed is as meritorious as the one who performs it." ~~ Talmud, Sanhedrin
"What nation on earth has customs as strange as ours? Our poor demand alms, as if they were collecting a debt, and our benefactors…invite paupers to their table." ~~ Jacob Mendele
"The man whose good deeds exceed his wisdom is like a tree with few branches and many roots: all the raging winds will not move him." ~~ Sayings of the Fathers 3:17
"Advice and words will not fill an empty belly." ~~ Mishle Yehoshua
"Make it your rule not to ask for yourself more than others give you!" ~~ Samuel Joseph Agnon
"A man gives little if he gives much with a frown; he gives much if he gives little with a smile." ~~ Talmud, Ketubot
"Care of the poor is incumbent on society as a whole." ~~ Spinoza
"Charity is as potent for atonement as the altar." ~~ Johanan b. Zakkai
"If you do a man a favor, do not regard it as a debt he must repay!" ~~ Mishle Shua’lim
"To be is to stand for." ~~ Abraham Joshua Heschel
"One mitzva (good deed) leads to another, just as one averah (sin) leads to another." ~~ Sayings of the Fathers
"What you save from frivolity, add to your charity." ~~ Elijah b. Raphael
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