Do not think that almsgiving is an expense, but an income; not a cost, but a profitable exchange. for you receive greater things than you give. You give bread and reeive eternal life. You give clothing and reeive the garment of incorruptibility; you give a little shelter and receive the Kingdom of Heaven. You give things that perish and receive things that remain forever. - St. John Chrysostom

 Image: British painter Edward Lear: Monk is facing the mountain on the left Stavronikita