The charity that hastens to proclaim its good deeds, ceases to be charity, and is only pride and ostentation.
William HuttonThe simplest acts of kindness are by far more powerful then a thousand heads bowing in prayer.
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Fundraising is an extreme sport!
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In the things that really matter--our covenants, the commandments, and following the prophet--we need to be completely united. In the non-essentials, we have our agency to handle things as we see fit. But, in all things, regardless of whether we make the same choices or not, we are to treat each other with dignity and respect, both of which are evidences of charity in our hearts and lives.
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Thus, when we plead for the gift of charity, we aren't asking for lovely feelings toward someone who bugs us or someone who has injured or wounded us. We are actually pleading for our very natures to be changed, for our character and disposition to become more and more like the Savior's, so that we literally feel as He would feel and thus do what He would do.
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The healing power of charity, bestowed by our Father and made possible by the Atonement of Jesus Christ, can make it virtually impossible for us even to feel emotions common to the natural man.
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While we do our good works let us not forget that the real solution lies in a world in which charity will have become unnecessary.
Chinua AchebeTags: compassion agape charity brotherly-love
Charity . . . is the opium of the privileged.
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But you were always a good man of business, Jacob,' faltered Scrooge, who now began to apply this to himself.
Business!' cried the Ghost, wringing its hands again. "Mankind was my business; charity, mercy, forbearance, and benevolence, were, all, my business. The deals of my trade were but a drop of water in the comprehensive ocean of my business!
God damn it, you've got to be kind.
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