To feel sorry for the needy is not the mark of a Christian - to help them is.
Maybe a person's time would be as well spent raising food as raising money to buy food.
It's hard to detect good luck - it looks so much like something you've earned.
You seldom come across anything more enjoyable than a happy person.
I think the next best thing to solving a problem is finding some humor in it.
You may give gifts without caring, but you can't care without giving.