"You cannot attain to charity except through..." - Quote by Saint Augustine
You cannot attain to charity except through humility.
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More on Charity
“There ought to be things we should like to do and cannot do because our charitable expenditures excludes them.”
“Better the occasional faults of a government that lives in a spirit of charity than the consistent omissions of a government frozen in the ice of its own indifference.”
“Philanthropy, charity, giving voluntarily and freely... call it what you like, but it is truly a jewel of an American tradition.”
More on Humility
“I'll privily away; I love the people, But do not like to stage me to their eyes; Though it do well, I do not relish well Their loud applause and aves vehement, Nor do I think the man of safe discretion That does not affect it.”
“When the choice is to be right or to be kind, always make the choice that brings peace”
“I don't think modesty is a very good virtue, if it is a virtue at all. A modest person will drop the modesty in a minute. It's a learned affectation.”