Buddha

Charity bestowed upon those who are worthy of it is like good seed sown on a good soil that yields an abundance of fruits. But alms given to those who are yet under the tyrannical yoke of the passions are like seed deposited in a bad soil. The passions of the receiver of the alms choke, as it were, the growth of merits.

Leader

Francis of Assisi

Men lose all the material things they leave behind them in this world, but they carry with them the reward of their charity and the alms they give. For these, they will receive from the Lord the reward and recompense they deserve.

Italian Saint

Khalil Gibran

Work is love made visible. And if you cannot work with love but only with distaste, it is better that you should leave your work and sit at the gate of the temple and take alms of those who work with joy.

Lebanese Poet

Ben Hecht

I know that a man who shows me his wealth is like the beggar who shows me his poverty; they are both looking for alms from me, the rich man for the alms of my envy, the poor man for the alms of my guilt.

American Writer

Maxim Gorky

There is no one on earth more disgusting and repulsive than he who gives alms. Even as there is no one so miserable as he who accepts them.

Russian Novelist

Ralph Waldo Emerson

Character is always known. Thefts never enrich; alms never impoverish; murder will speak out of stone walls.

American Philosopher

John Dalberg-Acton

There is not a soul who does not have to beg alms of another, either a smile, a handshake, or a fond eye.

English Historian

Robert Grosseteste

Also see how many quarters of corn you will spend in a week in dispensable bread, how much in alms.

English Statesman

Piyush Goyal

Even a poor man doesn't ask alms unless he sees you have the ability to give.

Indian Politician

John Ruskin

To give alms is nothing unless you give thought also.

English Writer

Originally, 'alms' were given as part of religious duty in many faiths.

Religious Origin

'Alms' often refers to help given in historical or religious contexts, less common in modern language.

Historical Use

Giving alms is a selfless act; you don't expect anything in return.

Not Reciprocal

 With their blessing retracted, Fa Hai attempted to trap her in his magical alms bowl. But just when all hope seemed lost, a bright glow came from within her belly, saving her from the mad monk’s magic. The couple fled home, grateful to the mysterious power that had saved them,

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