quotes about Alms
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For the unclean spirit enters easily into a man, and easily goes out from him.
-- Bruno of Cologne -
Never have I greater reason for suspicion that when I am particularly pleased with myself, my faith, my progress, and my alms.
-- Christian Scriver -
He once begged alms of a statue, and, when asked why he did so, replied, "To get practice in being refused.
-- Diogenes -
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To give alms is nothing unless you give thought also.
-- John Ruskin -
Understand this clearly: if you know how to give, you must know how to pay back. . .
-- John Vianney -
If you are attached to the things of this earth, you should give alms sufficient to enable you to punish your avarice by depriving yourself of all that is not absolutely necessary for life.
-- John Vianney -
Loving words and deeds are the best alms.
-- Mata Amritanandamayi -
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Where there is plenty, charity is a duty, not a courtesy
-- Owen Feltham -
Give, if thou can, an alms; if not, a sweet and gentle word.
-- Robert Herrick