Charity

360. JOY IN GOOD

“It is a good deed which needs no regrets and whose fruit is received with joy.”

THE DHAMMAPADA

361. A GIFT TO GOD

“Charity never humiliated him who profited from it, nor ever bound him by the chains of gratitude, as it was not to him but to God that the gift was made.”

ANTOINE DE SAINT-EXUPÉRY (1900–1944), FRANCE

362. NO FEAR

“Where there is charity and wisdom, there is neither fear nor ignorance.”

ST FRANCIS OF ASSISI (1181–1226), ITALY

363. BUILDING FOUNDATIONS

“The more we expand our focus to include others’ interests alongside our own, the more securely we build the foundations of our own happiness.”

JE GAMPOPA (1079–1153), TIBET

364. USELESS GIFTS

“Though I have the gift of prophecy and understand all mysteries; though I have all faith, so that I could move mountains, and have not charity, I am nothing.”

1 CORINTHIANS 13:2

365. ADVICE FROM A PERSIAN SAGE

“Be humane and charitable; love your fellows; pardon those who have wronged you.”

ZOROASTER (6TH CENTURY BCE), PERSIA