It is not enough to do good; one must do it in the right way.

If all alms were given only from pity, all beggars would have starved long ago.

The humanitarian wishes to be a prime mover in the lives of others. He cannot admit either the divine or the natural order, by which men have the power to help themselves. The humanitarian puts himself in the place of God.

Human altruism which is not egoism, is sterile.

Do good even to the wicked; it is as well to shut a dog's mouth with a crumb.

The dignity of the individual demands that he be not reduced to vassalage by the largesse of others.

How far that little candle throws his beams! So shines a good deed in a naughty world.

He who wants to do good knocks at the gate; he who loves finds the gate open.

Altruism has always been one of biology's deep mysteries. Why should any animal, off on its own, specified and labeled by all sorts of signals as its individual self, choose to give up its life in aid of someone else?

Philanthropy is almost the only virtue which is sufficiently appreciated by mankind.