All our offerings, whether of music or martyrdom, are like the intrinsically worthless present of a child, which a father values indeed, but values only for the intention.

Do we give according to our means or according to our meanness?

Christians are never stingy.

We are always making an offering. If we do not give to God, we give to the devil. It is a continuous process going on all the time.

A man there was, though some did count him mad, The more he cast away the more he had.

God has given us two hands -- one to receive with and the other to give with. We are not cisterns made for hoarding; we are channels made for sharing.

He who loves with purity considers not the gift of the lover, but the love of the giver.

We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give.

When a man becomes a Christian, he becomes industrious, trustworthy and prosperous. Now, if that man when he gets all he can and saves all he can, does not give all he can, I have more hope for Judas Iscariot than for that man!

God must have his dues and the poor are His receivers.

Earthly goods are given to be used, not to be collected.

Bread for myself is a material problem. Bread for my neighbour is a spiritual problem.

There is nothing wrong with men possessing riches. The wrong comes when riches possess men.