Pope Francis Quotes

Charity itself fulfills the law. And who can sever love from charity?

Give more than is expected, love more than seems wise, serve more than seems necessary, and help more than is asked.

Too many have dispensed with generosity in order to practice charity.

The Secret of living is giving

Charity isn't about pity, it is about love.

You haven't learned how to live until you've learned how to give.

Charity is indeed, a great thing, and a gift of God, and when it is rightly ordered likens us unto God himself, as far as that is possible; for it is charity which makes the man.

The secret to living is giving.

They should give until it hurts, maybe a very small thing, maybe just a packet of cigarettes, but instead of by smoking that one packet, maybe I share that packet with somebody who has not got even one cigarette, and that's the beginning of love, to give until it hurts.

Chastity without charity is a lamp without oil.

Only great souls know the grandeur there is in charity.

Be kind and merciful. Let no one ever come to you without coming away better and happier. Be the living expression of God's kindness.

Charity and devotion differ no more, the one from the other, than the flame from the fire.

Love isn't love until you give it away.

You may have the gift of giving.

You cannot be so poor that you cannot help somebody.

Even if you don't have anything, even if you've got a quarter in your pocket, to share with someone else who has nothing really helps.

Our opportunities to give of ourselves are indeed limitless, but they are also perishable. There are hearts to gladden. There are kind words to say. There are gifts to be given. There are deeds to be done. There are souls to be saved.

Compassion, along with love, is the face of altruism.

In nothing do humans approach so nearly to the gods as doing good to others.

It is the task of a good man to help those in misfortune.

Be generous and you can be the best person who ever lived.

I try to give to the poor people for love what the rich could get for money. No, I wouldn't touch a leper for a thousand pounds; yet I willingly cure him for the love of God.

You can't beg from people what they're not willing to give you.

The exercise of benevolence is joy to loving hearts: the more pain it costs, the more joy it is. Kind actions make us happy, and in such joy we find communion with the great heart of Jesus.