From the standpoint of the upper classes, the system had many merits. They felt that what was paid out of the poor rate was charity, and therefore a proof of their benevolence; at the same time, wages were kept at starvation level by a method which just prevented discontent from developing into revolution...It was plainly the certainty, derived from the old Poor Law, that actual death would be averted by the parish authorities, which induced the rural poor of England to endure their misery patiently...it taught them respect for their 'betters'.While leaving all the wealth that they produced, beyond the absolute minimum required for subsistence, in the hands of the landowners and farmers. It was at this period that landowners built the sham Gothic ruins called 'follies', where they indulged in romantic sensibility about the past while they filled the present with misery and degradation.
Bertrand RussellTag: exploitation charity the-poor
Perhaps there is nothing greater on earth than the sacrifice of youth and beauty, often of high birth, made by the gentle sex in order to work in hospitals for the relief of human misery, the sight of which is so revolting to our delicacy. Peoples separated from the Roman religion have imitated but imperfectly so generous a charity.
VoltaireTag: sacrifice catholicism charity
Tag: christianity scripture charity biblical-interpretation saint-augustine
The Three D's of Creating True Happiness For All.......
Declutter - Remove all unwanted items from your home,
Donate - to your local charity,
Deduct - Save money by claiming your donation on your tax return
Tag: happiness charity donate organize declutter deduct tax-deduction
I am astonished at the pleasure one experiences in doing good; and I should be tempted to believe that what we call virtuous people have not so much merit as they lead us to suppose.
Pierre Choderlos de LaclosTag: virtue charity good-works vicomte-de-valmont
The mission sat in a converted store front on the corner of a medium-busy street. There was a small crowd gathered in front - no real surprise, since they gave out food and clothing, all all you had to do was spend a few moments of your life listening to the good reverend explain why you were going to Hell. It seemed like a pretty good bargain, even to me, but I wasn't hungry.
Jeff LindsayTag: christianity charity mission homeless
Love is wise; hatred is foolish. In this world, which is getting more and more closely interconnected, we have to learn to tolerate each other, we have to learn to put up with the fact that some people say things that we don't like. We can only live together in that way. But if we are to live together, and not die together, we must learn a kind of charity and a kind of tolerance, which is absolutely vital to the continuation of human life on this planet.
Bertrand RussellTag: wisdom love humanity hatred foolishness tolerance charity disagreement interconnectedness
If you always try to measure yourself with
money... well, it's like counting backwards, the more you
keep on, the less you'll have to show for it.
Tag: money wealth self-esteem greed gratitude charity young-adult young-adult-fiction middle-grade
There comes a time in the development of every ego when it must love its neighbors or become a twisted and stunted personality.
Joshua Loth LiebmanOur prayers for others flow more easily than those for ourselves. This shows we are made to live by charity.
C.S. LewisTag: live others prayers charity ourselves flow
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