Edward Everett Hale Quotes

So much of what Christ's teachings are about have to do with the way that we take care of the least among us.

… true evangelical faith ... clothes the naked; feeds the hungry; consoles the afflicted; shelters the miserable; aids and consoles all the oppressed; returns good for evil; serves those that injure it; prays for those that persecute it.

We are fortunate people. It is our need and responsibility to help our fellow man.

My philosophy is that the most important aspect of any religion should be human kindness. And to try to ease the suffering of others. To try to bring light and love into the lives of mankind.

I have always held firmly to the thought that each one of us can do a little to bring some portion of misery to an end.

Together with the Works of Mercy, feeding, clothing and sheltering our brothers, we must indoctrinate.

I've always wanted to do charity stuff. I'm such a nurturer and love taking care of people.

Every merciful act to the needy, the suffering, is as though done to Jesus.

Christmas is, for those who wish to follow the way of Jesus, an invitation to accept into our comfortable and safe lives those who come to us from far away, who seem ragged, marginal, in transition.

If your enemy be hungry, give him bread to eat; and if he is thirsty, give him water to drink

What other single human being has touched and transformed the existence of so many? She walked in the slums and ghettos of the world, not on a tour of inspection, but as one who could not feel contentment when others were hungry

We are not here in this world to find elegant solutions, pregnant with initiative, or to serve the ways and modes of profitable progress. No, we are here to provide for all those who are weaker and hungrier, more battered and crippled than ourselves. That is our only certain good and great purpose on earth

I wanted to help the world be more just.

It's not in the heart of America to see others go hungry.

As a Christian, you forgive, and you feed the hungry and clothe the naked, and you visit the sick and comfort the lonely. If I'm a true follower of my lord and saviour Jesus Christ, I got to do the things you're supposed to be doing.

We all, as individuals, can and should act compassionately and charitably. We can volunteer our time, energy, and dollars to help the underprivileged. We can feed the hungry, house the homeless. Most of us feel a moral and ethical responsibility to do so - to 'do unto others.'

The mystery of poverty is that by sharing in it, making ourselves poor in giving to others, we increase our knowledge of and belief in love.

What good is it if the Eucharistic table is overloaded with golden chalices when your brother is dying of hunger. Start by satisfying his hunger and then with what is left you may adorn the altar as well.

The brave love mercy, and delight to save.

Anywhere I see suffering, that is where I want to be, doing what I can.

I just feel that I'm compelled; that I have a responsibility to give back to those less fortunate.

I believe that every human mind feels pleasure in doing good to another.

My favorite is Matthew 25: 'The Lord said, 'Whatever you do to the least of my brethren, you do to me.' I truly believe that.

I think we need leadership that helps us remember that part of what we are about is caring about more than the person right next to us, but the folks across the way.

I have always believed helping your fellow man is profitable in every sense, personally and bottom line.