“When someone gives alms with a truly compassionate heart, the beggar is touched by the authentic love, by Christ, and will himself begin to give rather than to gather. But even if the beggar is very hard-hearted and continues to gather, he himself will not enjoy what he has gathered, for God will ensure the money finds its rightful place, and the beggar will be left with only the weariness and the trouble of the collection (let us call it that) which he took for others.”
– ‘Spiritual Struggle’