Human rights are universal and indivisible. Human freedom is also indivisible: if it is denied to anyone in the world, it is therefore denied, indirectly, to all people. This is why we cannot remain silent in the face of evil or violence; silence merely encourages them.

That action is best which procures the greatest happiness for the greatest numbers.

The place to improve the world is first in one's own heart and head and hands, and then work outward from there.

He who is too busy doing good finds no time to be good.

Do not give, as many rich men do, like a hen that lays her egg and then cackles.

Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done it unto me.

Let us not be weary in well doing: for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not.

When thou doest alms, let not thy left hand know what thy right doeth.

Too many have dispensed with generosity to practice charity.

Social work is a band-aid on the festering wounds of society.