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8.Charity and love of neighbour
8a.Charity as the chief virtue and sum of the law
See also: Charity 1a
Confucius, The Sayings of ConfuciusVol. 44
- p. 12–13Love (humaneness) is the core virtue; a heart set on it does no wrong, and the gentleman never abandons it.read · scan
- p. 13Love is the highest devotion; a man's faults reveal whether he has it.read · scan
- p. 16Faithfulness in office is not enough to prove love.read · scan
- p. 16–17Purity and faithfulness in office do not amount to love, the Master says.read · scan
- p. 20Love ranks effort above prize; is quiet like hills; loves is the man who seeks a foothold for self and others.read · scan
- p. 23Love is not far: he yearns for it and it comes.read · scan
- p. 25–26The scholar's burden is love, a heavy load whose goal is death.read · scan
- p. 45–46Love is always bold and takes pains; the vulgar are strangers to it; avoiding strife and greed is not yet love.read · scan
- p. 48–49Love is never vexed.read · scan
- p. 51–52The loving heart will not seek life at cost of love; practice love by serving the best and befriending the loving.read · scan
- p. 53–54Love matters more to the people than fire and water; when love is at stake yield not to an army.read · scan
- p. 64–65Chang can do hard things yet lacks love; to do as love bids is hard near him.read · scan
- p. 66–67Loving hearts are better than near kin.read · scan
Paul, The First Epistle of Paul to the CorinthiansVol. 45
- p. 508Hymn to charity: without love all gifts and sacrifices are nothing; love is patient, kind, enduring, and the greatest of faith, hope, love.read · scan
- p. 514–515'Let all that ye do be done in love'; Paul closes with his love for all in Christ.read · scan
Paul, The Second Epistle of Paul to the CorinthiansVol. 45
- p. 517He wrote with tears that they might know the love he has for them.read · scan
- p. 531He loves them more abundantly and asks whether he is loved the less.read · scan
Luke, The Gospel According to LukeVol. 44
- p. 382Love God with all one's being and one's neighbor as oneself; the Good Samaritan shows neighbor is he who shows mercy.read · scan
Saint Augustine, The Confessions of St. AugustineVol. 7
- p. 66–67Charity is the mother who bears the infirmity of newborn faith until it grows to maturity.read · scan
- p. 160–161Charity believes all things and opens ears to his confession.read · scan
- p. 193God commands love of neighbour as well as God; he questions whether praise pleases him for his neighbour's proficiency.read · scan
Dante Alighieri, PurgatoryVol. 20
- p. 204Charity multiplies as aspirants increase; more good to love, more loved.read · scan
Dante Alighieri, ParadiseVol. 20
- p. 375The spirit descends out of charity, though love is as great above; love makes them ready servants.read · scan
- p. 379Charity burns among the blessed and answers Dante's thought.read · scan
Geoffrey Chaucer, The Prologue to the Canterbury Tales; The Nun's Priest's TaleVol. 40
- p. 25–26The Plowman loves God best and his neighbour as himself.read · scan
Thomas à Kempis, The Imitation of ChristVol. 7
- p. 219True charity seeks not its own good, envies none, and finds its joy in God as the highest good.read · scan
- p. 327–328Grace, the proper gift of the elect, is love; without it faith, hope, prophecy and miracles avail nothing.read · scan
- p. 350–351Asks removal of whatever injures charity and brotherly love.read · scan
William Caxton, Prefaces and EpiloguesVol. 39
- p. 8–9Hopes writings increase peace, love and charity.read · scan
Martin Luther, The Ninety-Five ThesesVol. 36
- p. 253–254Works of charity increase charity and make a man better, whereas pardons only free him from punishment.read · scan
Martin Luther, Address to the Christian Nobility of the German NationVol. 36
- p. 321Love and brotherly humility are more necessary than the papacy; the Pope seeks his own advantage and power against the love of God.read · scan
Martin Luther, Concerning Christian LibertyVol. 36
- p. 343–344He writes from charity and solicitude for his neighbour, as a friend, not for flattery.read · scan
- p. 365–366Faith works by love; the Christian serves others voluntarily and freely, bearing one another's burdens.read · scan
- p. 366Christians should be like-minded in love, esteeming others better and looking to their interests.read · scan
- p. 369Works done freely out of love for others, mutually being Christ to neighbour.read · scan
- p. 372By love the Christian descends to serve his neighbour.read · scan
- p. 373Neither party toward the other shows the charity that edifies.read · scan
- p. 374Charity requires bearing with the weak and injuring no one, serving all.read · scan
Francis Bacon, Proœmium, Epistle Dedicatory, Preface, and Plan of the Instauratio MagnaVol. 39
- p. 126–128Of charity there can be no excess; knowledge should be cultivated in charity.read · scan
Sir Thomas Browne, Religio MediciVol. 3
- p. 330Charity is love of God for Himself and neighbour for God; true love is of the invisible part, not the sensible.read · scan
John Milton, Paradise LostVol. 4
- p. 342Charity named as the soul of all the virtues, with love of God joined to fear.read · scan
Blaise Pascal, ThoughtsVol. 48
- p. 220Charity is not a figurative precept; Christ came to establish truth, not merely a type of charity.read · scan
- p. 221We are estranged only by departing from charity; our prayers and virtues are abominable unless Christ's.read · scan
- p. 222–223The sole aim of Scripture is charity; whatever does not tend to charity is figurative.read · scan
- p. 226–227Commandments not of charity are types.read · scan
- p. 274Charity is supernatural, infinitely more distant from mind than mind from body.read · scan
- p. 276The least feeling of charity outweighs all bodies and minds, belonging to an infinitely higher supernatural order.read · scan
- p. 285Lack of love makes men reject true miracles and believe false ones.read · scan
William Penn, Some Fruits of SolitudeVol. 1
- p. 360Charity is one of the two essentials of religion.read · scan
- p. 364Charity should equal zeal in the true church.read · scan
- p. 366We should allow more love in religion as God makes allowances for us.read · scan
- p. 366Love is durable beyond tongues, prophecy and faith; it is heaven on earth and casts out fear.read · scan
William Penn, More Fruits of SolitudeVol. 1
- p. 374Love of God and neighbor fulfills both tables of the law.read · scan
- p. 397Highest charity is love to God and the brethren, raising the soul above worldly considerations.read · scan
- p. 397Charity is the one thing needful, above knowledge, tongues and prophecy.read · scan
Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Profession of Faith of a Savoyard VicarVol. 34
- p. 304–305Christian charity toward all, Protestants included; love God and neighbor as the law's summary.read · scan
John Woolman, The Journal of John WoolmanVol. 1
- p. 228Gospel love and sympathizing tenderness prevail in the service and in reconciling a Friend's shyness.read · scan
- p. 240Divine charity and love unfeigned toward fellow-creatures and toward wife and family move him to compassion.read · scan
- p. 266Gospel love felt as running strong and moving hearts beyond translation.read · scan
- p. 302–303True love felt among ministers and elders; hearts enlarged and tendered.read · scan
Alessandro Manzoni, I Promessi Sposi (The Betrothed)Vol. 21
- p. 417–418A pastor's love for those in his care should make him fear for them more than himself.read · scan
- p. 420–421'You should have loved, my son; loved and prayed'; love and prayer would have defeated iniquity's threats.read · scan
- p. 423–424The Cardinal urges Abbondio to love the couple precisely because they have suffered, are weak and are his charge.read · scan
- p. 424–425Charity amends the past and is the virtue of which both stand in need.read · scan
- p. 500–502Charity is praised for making one man's recollected deeds, San Carlo's, the symbol of a whole earlier plague.read · scan
- p. 609–610Charity and affection bind the widow, Lucia, the friar and Renzo; the friar sees God's love in their meeting.read · scan
Ralph Waldo Emerson, CharacterVol. 5
- p. 196Love that is all-suffering and uncompromising comes into our streets and only the pure recognize it.read · scan
8b.Love of enemies and forgiveness
See also: Charity 1d
Luke, The Gospel According to LukeVol. 44
- p. 369Love your enemies; love beyond reciprocity, since even sinners love those who love them.read · scan
- p. 373Greater forgiveness yields greater love; the woman's lavish devotion contrasts with Simon's cold hospitality.read · scan
Marcus Aurelius, The Meditations of Marcus AureliusVol. 2
- p. 246It is peculiar to man to love even wrongdoers, remembering they are kin, err through ignorance, and will soon die.read · scan
Chapters from the KoranVol. 45
- p. 957–958God made friendship between the hearts of former enemies, who became brothers.read · scan
Dante Alighieri, PurgatoryVol. 20
- p. 194–195Voices cite charity's examples: 'They have no wine', Orestes, 'Love ye those have wronged you'; charity corrects envy.read · scan
Sir Thomas Browne, Religio MediciVol. 3
- p. 255Charity means suffering abuse without retaliation.read · scan
Blaise Pascal, ThoughtsVol. 48
- p. 177–178He does not waken the sleeping disciples and calls Judas friend, regarding the order of God, not enmity.read · scan
- p. 267–268Christ's love extends beyond neighbors to his own enemies and those of God.read · scan
William Penn, Some Fruits of SolitudeVol. 1
- p. 365–366Love gains what force cannot; forgiveness obliges the enemy; love is the hardest Christian lesson.read · scan
William Penn, More Fruits of SolitudeVol. 1
- p. 396–397Charity construes things best, forgives all, moderates extremes, accommodates differences, and does good to everyone.read · scan
Immanuel Kant, Fundamental Principles of the Metaphysic of MoralsVol. 32
- p. 310–311Scriptural command to love neighbour and enemy means practical love seated in will, not pathological affection.read · scan
Alessandro Manzoni, I Promessi Sposi (The Betrothed)Vol. 21
- p. 363Federigo greets the outlaw as a beloved child he has wept and prayed for, rejoicing at his coming.read · scan
- p. 364Federigo's ardent charity for the sinner reflects God's greater love.read · scan
- p. 366–367Federigo embraces the weeping penitent with vehement affection.read · scan
- p. 370Federigo greets the Unnamed with cordial affection; the convert says he deeply needs him.read · scan
- p. 590–591Forgiveness, compassion and love are urged.read · scan
George Long, The Philosophy of AntoninusVol. 2
- p. 338Love mankind, follow God; loving neighbour and forgiving enemies are marks of the rational soul, echoed by Christianity.read · scan
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, PoemsVol. 42
- p. 1311–1313Priest reminds his flock he taught them to love one another, appealing to lessons of love and forgiveness.read · scan
Abraham Lincoln, Lincoln's Second Inaugural AddressVol. 43
- p. 425With malice toward none, charity for all; care for the soldier, widow and orphan.read · scan
8c.Charity as compassion and works of mercy
See also: Charity 4a · Wealth 6b
Homer, The OdysseyVol. 22
- p. 198–199Aid to a beggar is asked for love's sake and pity; Eumaeus obliges as due to a suppliant.read · scan
Buddhist WritingsVol. 45
- p. 774–775Suppiya, unable to find meat broth for a sick priest, cuts flesh from her own thigh; charity as self-sacrifice.read · scan
Paul, The Second Epistle of Paul to the CorinthiansVol. 45
- p. 524Giving proves the sincerity of the Corinthians' love.read · scan
Stories from the Thousand and One NightsVol. 16
- p. 22She loved him for God's sake and saved him.read · scan
Dante Alighieri, HellVol. 20
- p. 9–12Lucia and Beatrice act out of love and pity for Dante.read · scan
Dante Alighieri, PurgatoryVol. 20
- p. 186–187The living should help the dead by prayer, offered in charity for those remaining behind.read · scan
Traditional BalladsVol. 40
- p. 137–140The knight blesses Robin's company; Robin lends Little John as his servant out of generosity.read · scan
Martin Luther, The Ninety-Five ThesesVol. 36
- p. 257–258Holy charity, not money, should move the Pope to empty purgatory.read · scan
Martin Luther, Concerning Christian LibertyVol. 36
- p. 371–372Goods should flow freely among neighbours as from Christ; true charity seeks not her own and bears neighbour's sins.read · scan
Benvenuto Cellini, The Autobiography of Benvenuto CelliniVol. 31
- p. 62Cellini helps Luigi from compassion, love of his fatherland and natural tenderness of heart.read · scan
Francis Bacon, Essays, Civil and MoralVol. 3
- p. 32Charity shown by courtesy to strangers, compassion, pardon and thankfulness, culminating in St. Paul's willingness to be accursed for his brethren.read · scan
Izaak Walton, The Life of Dr. John DonneVol. 15
- p. 358Charity to prisoners, poor scholars and a fallen friend; tender compassion and reconciling of quarrels.read · scan
Pedro Calderón de la Barca, Life Is a DreamVol. 26
- p. 7Solitary Segismund longs for human communion and is moved by Rosaura's pitying kindness.read · scan
Sir Thomas Browne, Religio MediciVol. 3
- p. 313Charity has many branches beyond alms, including pity for ignorance and sharing learning; disputes should not infringe charity.read · scan
Blaise Pascal, ThoughtsVol. 48
- p. 74–75Charity obliges pity for the unbelievers, doing as we would be done by.read · scan
John Bunyan, The Pilgrim's ProgressVol. 15
- p. 186Mercy's compassion yearns over Christiana and over her own soul, choosing to accompany her.read · scan
- p. 274–275Gaius's charity to pilgrims and strangers is praised, and he asks no payment, trusting the good Samaritan.read · scan
- p. 282–283Mercy labours for the poor and is blessed by them.read · scan
William Penn, More Fruits of SolitudeVol. 1
- p. 395–396Charity's first sense is commiseration of the poor and helping hand to mend their condition.read · scan
- p. 396Feeling for the needs of one's own flesh and blood is essential; the uncharitable are monsters.read · scan
- p. 397Charity as divine virtue should be diffused; exercise love and compassion.read · scan
Benjamin Franklin, His AutobiographyVol. 1
- p. 46–47Her giving nearly all her income in charity.read · scan
- p. 132–133Franklin, moved by compassion, quietly procures relief of stores for poor subalterns without telling them.read · scan
Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Profession of Faith of a Savoyard VicarVol. 34
- p. 234Benefactor calls the youth brother, showing charity.read · scan
John Woolman, The Journal of John WoolmanVol. 1
- p. 175Tender compassion for entangled youth; his mind engaged for the good of fellow-creatures.read · scan
- p. 234Charity to the poor flows from the love of Christ.read · scan
- p. 235–236Visiting widows and fatherless should be purely from charity.read · scan
- p. 266–267Woolman feels sympathy for the Indians like a good man's care for his only brother in affliction.read · scan
Oliver Goldsmith, PoemsVol. 41
- p. 509Charity and pity drive his welcome to beggars, spendthrifts and soldiers.read · scan
Edmund Burke, Reflections on the Revolution in FranceVol. 24
- p. 237Charity extends to all men with wants, including pity for the miserable great.read · scan
Gotthold Ephraim Lessing, Minna von Barnhelm, or The Soldier's FortuneVol. 26
- p. 347–348Minna's pity for the unfortunate man moves her to offer charity disguised as a stake.read · scan
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Hermann and DorotheaVol. 19
- p. 346–347Charity to the needy: Hermann gives linen, wine, and provisions to the exiles, and the maiden pledges faithful sharing.read · scan
Robert Burns, Poems and SongsVol. 6
- p. 312–314Praises benevolent giving and friendship; closes celebrating a lover's day greater than crowns.read · scan
William Wordsworth, PoemsVol. 41
- p. 635The affections gently lead the poet to this blessed mood; unremembered acts of kindness and love.read · scan
Alessandro Manzoni, I Promessi Sposi (The Betrothed)Vol. 21
- p. 456Charity of the good bishop and compassion of passers-by toward the starving.read · scan
- p. 457Federigo's ardent, versatile charity takes many forms, saving and spending all his means to relieve poverty.read · scan
- p. 458–459The cardinal's charity from one individual's resources is called wonderful though insufficient.read · scan
- p. 510Father Felice and the Capuchins tend the sick with charity, tears and self-sacrifice, many giving their lives joyfully.read · scan
- p. 511–512The friars' service to the poor is met with gratitude for great services to fellow men.read · scan
- p. 578His anxious search for Lucia; attendants contrasted, some without compassion, others with more than human compassion.read · scan
- p. 580Nurses' affection and compassion toward the afflicted little ones, benevolence versus reward.read · scan
- p. 581Renzo's joyful, eager search brings him to his friend the friar; charity among nurses.read · scan
- p. 582–583Charity drives the friar's self-sacrifice; Renzo comes seeking Lucia.read · scan
Ralph Waldo Emerson, GiftsVol. 5
- p. 220Rings and jewels are apologies for gifts; the only true gift is a portion of oneself.read · scan
Walt Whitman, Preface to Leaves of GrassVol. 39
- p. 404Praises help to the poor, sick, strangers, and the love and sufferings of mothers.read · scan
Walt Whitman, PoemsVol. 42
- p. 1408–1409Compassion so deep he would die for a wounded boy he never knew.read · scan
8d.The motives and limits of charity
Thomas à Kempis, The Imitation of ChristVol. 7
- p. 217–218Charity gives value to works; he who loves much does much, and self-interested affection only masquerades as charity.read · scan
Martin Luther, Concerning Christian LibertyVol. 36
- p. 367Moved by God's mercy, the believer gives himself as a Christ to his neighbour, doing only what benefits him.read · scan
- p. 368Faith issues in love and free joyful service to neighbour without regard to gratitude or gain, imitating the Father's generosity.read · scan
Thomas Hobbes, Of Man, Being the First Part of LeviathanVol. 34
- p. 384Religious leaders lose credit for love when detected pursuing private dominion, riches or pleasure.read · scan
Sir Thomas Browne, Religio MediciVol. 3
- p. 311Christian charity must spring from God's command, not mere pity or self-interest; compassion is partly self-relief and calculating mercy is a politic charity.read · scan
Alessandro Manzoni, I Promessi Sposi (The Betrothed)Vol. 21
- p. 473–474Don Abbondio laments there is no charity, that everyone thinks only of himself.read · scan
Ralph Waldo Emerson, Self-RelianceVol. 5
- p. 62Distant philanthropy is spite at home; truth is handsomer than affectation of love.read · scan
8e.Love of mankind and universal benevolence
See also: Friendship 1d · Charity 1b · Animal 8b
Confucius, The Sayings of ConfuciusVol. 44
- p. 20–21Love finds a foothold for others in seeking its own; bounty to the people is holiness, not merely love.read · scan
- p. 37Love is reverence in public conduct, the Golden Rule, no wrongs in state or home, and slowness to speak.read · scan
- p. 40Love is to love mankind.read · scan
- p. 43–44Follows the question 'What is love?'; the answer urges respect, diligence and faithfulness toward all, even among savages, as the practice of love.read · scan
- p. 57–58Love is meting out modesty, bounty, truth, earnestness and kindness to all; the gentleman who knows truth loves mankind.read · scan
Aeschylus, Prometheus BoundVol. 8
- p. 171Prometheus suffers for his great love of mortal men.read · scan
- p. 171Prometheus defied Zeus to save mankind from destruction.read · scan
Buddhist WritingsVol. 45
- p. 708–709Universal friendliness toward all living beings serves as protection against harm.read · scan
The Bhagavad-Gita; or, Song CelestialVol. 45
- p. 813–814The yogi loves all alike, friends, strangers, enemies, evil or good.read · scan
Epictetus, The Golden Sayings of EpictetusVol. 2
- p. 163Diogenes loved mankind as a minister of God, caring for men and subject to God.read · scan
Epictetus, Fragments Attributed to EpictetusVol. 2
- p. 183–185None who loves money, pleasure or glory loves men; the unloving are unloved.read · scan
Marcus Aurelius, The Meditations of Marcus AureliusVol. 2
- p. 239Adapt to one's lot and love the men among whom one lives, sincerely.read · scan
- p. 244Seeing oneself as a member rather than a part lets one love men from the heart and do good for its own sake.read · scan
- p. 285Love of one's neighbour is named a property of the rational soul.read · scan
- p. 286–287Those who hinder us remain kinsmen and friends by nature, so benevolence is due.read · scan
Saint Augustine, The Confessions of St. AugustineVol. 7
- p. 161–162Wants a brotherly mind that loves and laments in him what God teaches, whether approving or disapproving.read · scan
Thomas à Kempis, The Imitation of ChristVol. 7
- p. 220Bearing with, comforting and instructing one another in amity and concord.read · scan
Sir Thomas More, UtopiaVol. 36
- p. 210–213Nature has set sufficient love between man and man, making leagues needless.read · scan
- p. 213–215Fellowship of nature and benevolence bind men more surely than treaties.read · scan
Francis Bacon, The New AtlantisVol. 3
- p. 151–152The priest asks brotherly love as his only reward; the visitors respond with gratitude and tears of tenderness.read · scan
William Shakespeare, The Tragedy of King LearVol. 46
- p. 285–286Albany thanks Gloucester for the love shown to the King.read · scan
Sir Thomas Browne, Religio MediciVol. 3
- p. 253–254His zeal does not make him forget the general charity owed to humanity, pitying rather than hating Turks, infidels and Jews.read · scan
John Woolman, The Journal of John WoolmanVol. 1
- p. 173–174Universal love for fellow-creatures grows in him from love of God.read · scan
- p. 181–182Companions travel in harmony and part in brotherly love through the Holy Spirit mortifying selfish desires.read · scan
- p. 254–255Desire for the everlasting welfare of fellow-creatures and friendship in ministry; warns of superficial friendship.read · scan
- p. 255Long felt love toward the natives moves him to visit them.read · scan
- p. 260–261Love was the first motion of his concern to live among the Indians and learn from their life.read · scan
- p. 261Love fills his heart toward all mankind, whom God regards equally.read · scan
- p. 263He tells the Indians that true love made him willing to leave his family to visit them.read · scan
- p. 265Concern and love for the Indians' good moves Woolman's visit; sense of God's love shared in stillness.read · scan
- p. 281Meditation on universal love makes his earlier conduct grievous to him.read · scan
- p. 299Love of God brings love of neighbor and tenderness toward all people for whom Christ died.read · scan
- p. 302His love of Christ and fellow-men led him to sacrifice the endearments of home.read · scan
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, The Tragedy of Faust, Part IVol. 19
- p. 36–38Angels urge deeds that love reveals, sharing with brethren and comforting sorrow.read · scan
William Blake, PoemsVol. 41
- p. 588–591Love is the human form divine, to be given to all people.read · scan
William Wordsworth, Prefaces to Various Volumes of PoemsVol. 39
- p. 281The poet carries relationship and love everywhere, uniting human society.read · scan
Samuel Taylor Coleridge, The Rime of the Ancient MarinerVol. 41
- p. 690–692Seeing the water-snakes' beauty, a spring of love gushes from the Mariner's heart and he blesses them unaware.read · scan
- p. 700–701He prayeth best who loveth best all things great and small, since God loves and made all.read · scan
Leigh Hunt, PoemsVol. 41
- p. 870–871Abou Ben Adhem asks to be written as one who loves his fellow men, and love of man proves love of God.read · scan
Alessandro Manzoni, I Promessi Sposi (The Betrothed)Vol. 21
- p. 592–593Survivors urged to begin a life wholly of love and charity, caring for the weak and orphans.read · scan
George Long, The Philosophy of AntoninusVol. 2
- p. 323–324All mankind are brethren whom a man must love and cherish, even those who would harm him.read · scan
Ralph Waldo Emerson, The American ScholarVol. 5
- p. 22The love of man shall be a wreath of joy around all.read · scan
Ralph Waldo Emerson, CharacterVol. 5
- p. 190Love is inexhaustible, and benevolence cannot be measured by works or subscriptions.read · scan
Walt Whitman, Preface to Leaves of GrassVol. 39
- p. 393–395The greatest poet is the complete lover of the universe, whose love is sure and unshaken by suffering or death.read · scan
Walt Whitman, PoemsVol. 42
- p. 1404–1406The poet's breast aches with tender love for all the race.read · scan
Hippolyte Taine, Introduction to the History of English LiteratureVol. 39
- p. 423Despair gave rise to charity, tender love and human brotherhood.read · scan
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