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Love is a gift. You can't buy it, you can't find it, someone has to give it to you. Learn read more
Love is a gift. You can't buy it, you can't find it, someone has to give it to you. Learn to be receptive of that gift.
And wisest he in this whole wide land
Of hoarding till bent and gray;
For all you read more
And wisest he in this whole wide land
Of hoarding till bent and gray;
For all you can hold in your cold, dead hand
Is what you have given away.
. . . .
He gave with a zest and he gave his best;
Give him the best to come.
Give an inch, he'll take an ell.
Give an inch, he'll take an ell.
Every problem has a gift for you in its hands.
Every problem has a gift for you in its hands.
The horseleach hath two daughters, crying, Give, give. There are
three things that are never satisfied, yea four things read more
The horseleach hath two daughters, crying, Give, give. There are
three things that are never satisfied, yea four things say not,
It is enough:
The grave; and the barren womb; the earth that is not filled with
water; and the fire that saith not, It is enough.
To receive gifts is to lose freedom.
To receive gifts is to lose freedom.
It is not the weight of jewel or plate,
Or the fondle of silk or fur;
"Tis read more
It is not the weight of jewel or plate,
Or the fondle of silk or fur;
"Tis the spirit in which the gift is rich,
As the gifts of the Wise Ones were,
And we are not told whose gift was gold,
Or whose was the gift of myrrh.
"Presents," I often say, endear Absents."
"Presents," I often say, endear Absents."
Humility does not mean thinking less of yourself than of other people, nor does it mean having a low opinion read more
Humility does not mean thinking less of yourself than of other people, nor does it mean having a low opinion of your own gifts. It means freedom from thinking about yourself at all.