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 In giving, a man receives more than he gives, and the more is in 
proportion to the worth of read more 
 In giving, a man receives more than he gives, and the more is in 
proportion to the worth of the thing given. 
The intuitive mind is a sacred gift and the rational mind is a faithful servant. We have created a society read more
The intuitive mind is a sacred gift and the rational mind is a faithful servant. We have created a society that honors the servant and has forgotten the gift.
Every day is a gift- even if it sucks.
Every day is a gift- even if it sucks.
 Or what man is there of you, whom if his son ask bread, will he 
give him a stone?  
 Or what man is there of you, whom if his son ask bread, will he 
give him a stone? 
 He gives twice who gives quickly.
 [Lat., Bis dat qui cito dat.]
   - credited to Publius read more 
 He gives twice who gives quickly.
 [Lat., Bis dat qui cito dat.]
   - credited to Publius Syrus Mimus, 
 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. 
If I were given the opportunity to present a gift to the next generation, it would be the ability for read more
If I were given the opportunity to present a gift to the next generation, it would be the ability for each individual to learn to laugh at himself.
 He ne'er consider'd it as loth
 To look a gift-horse in the mouth,
  And very wisely would read more 
 He ne'er consider'd it as loth
 To look a gift-horse in the mouth,
  And very wisely would lay forth
   No more upon it than 'twas worth;
    But as he got it freely, so
     He spent it frank and freely too:
      For saints themselves will sometimes be,
       Of gifts that cost them nothing, free. 
Love the giver more than the gift.
Love the giver more than the gift.