Ralph Waldo Emerson Quotes about Philanthropy
Philanthropies and charities have a certain air of quackery.
Ralph Waldo Emerson (1983). “Essays and Lectures”, p.203, Library of America
The worst of charity is that the lives you are asked to preserve are not worth preserving.
Ralph Waldo Emerson, Barbara L. Packer, Joseph Slater, Douglas Emory Wilson (2003). “The Conduct of Life”, p.132, Harvard University Press