He that hath pity on the poor lendeth to the Lord. He who gives charity in secret is greater than Moses. THE TALMUD Our kindly deeds and our generous gifts go to Heaven as messengers, and plead for us before our Heavenly Father. THE TALMUD The merit of charitable works is in proportion to the grace with which they are practiced. THE TALMUD The noblest of all charities is in enabling the poor to earn a livelihood. THE TALMUD It is our duty to relieve the poor and the needy, to visit the sick and bury the dead without distinction of race or creed. THE TALMUD Every good deed is charity. Giving water to the thirsty is charity; putting a wanderer in the right path is charity; removing stones and thorns from the road is charity. Our true wealth is the good we do. When one dies, men ask what property he left behind him, but angels ask what good deeds he sent before him. ANONYMOUS CONSCIENCE Alas, that we should be so unwilling to listen to the still and holy yearnings of the heart! God whispers quite softly in our breast; softly, yet audibly; tells us what we ought to seek and what to shun. GOETHE Yet still there whispers the small voice within, Heard through Gain's silence and o'er Glory's din. Whatever creed be taught or land be trod, Man's conscience is the oracle of God. LORD BYRON CONTENTMENT Help somebody worse off than yourself, and you will find you are better off than you fancied. ANONYMOUS Better is a little with righteousness than great incomes with injustice. PROVERBS XVI. 8 Little is much, if the heart be but turned toward Heaven. THE TALMUD Who is rich? He who is satisfied with his lot. THE TALMUD Drink not from one cup with thine eye fastened on another. THE TALMUD Grasp at a little and you may secure it; grasp too much and you will lose everything. THE TALMUD Happy the man, of mortals happiest he, GRANVILLE DECEIT He who deceives his neighbor would also deceive his God. THE TALMUD Truth lasts forever, but falsehood must vanish. THE TALMUD This is the punishment of the liar, that when he tells the truth nobody believes him. THE TALMUD EXAMPLE Example is stronger than precept; a good man's life often teaches more than his words. ANONYMOUS No man is so insignificant as to be sure his example can do no hurt. LORD CLARENDON Actions speak louder than words. THE TALMUD Judge a man by his deeds, not by his words. THE TALMUD Associate not with the wicked man, even if thou canst learn from him. THE TALMUD Beautiful are the admonitions of those whose lives accord with their teachings. THE TALMUD Let every man watch his own doings that he may be an example to his fellow-men through life. THE TALMUD When the righteous die, they live; for their example lives. THE TALMUD The wise ought not to trust the oaths of men, but always their deeds. ALEXIS Great truths are portions of the soul of man; Great souls are portions of eternity; Each drop of blood that e'er through true heart ran With lofty message, ran for you and me; For God's law, since the starry song began, Hath been, and still forevermore must be, That every deed which shall outlast Life's span Must goad the soul to be erect and free. JAMES RUSSELL LOWELL THE JEWISH RACE 425 FRIENDSHIP To have no faithful friends is worse than death. THE TALMUD Thine own deeds make thy friends or thine enemies. THE TALMUD One enemy is too many; a thousand friends are not too many. THE TALMUD HUMILITY Boast not thyself of to-morrow, for thou knowest not what a day may bring forth. PROVERBS XXVII. I Let another man praise thee, and not thine own mouth; a stranger, and not thine own lips. PROVERBS XXVII. 2 Pride not thyself on thy religious works; CODE OF MANU THE JEWISH RACE By three distinctive signs we trace And practical benevolence. THE TALMUD |