The love of books is among the choicest gifts of the gods.

God waits to win back his own flowers as gifts from man's hands.

The meaning of life is to find your gift. The purpose of life is to give it away.

Rings and jewels are not gifts, but apologies for gifts. The only gift is a portion of thyself.

All that is not given is lost.

The greatest gift that you can give to others is the gift of unconditional love and acceptance.

Character is the most precious gift of education.

Intense love does not measure, it just gives.

Love’s gift cannot be given, it waits to be accepted.

Every time you smile at someone, it is an action of love, a gift to that person, a beautiful thing.

The poor are great! The poor are wonderful! The poor are very generous! They give us much more than what we give them.

Nothing that you have not given away will ever be really yours.

Charity creates a multitude of sins.

I thank fate for having made me born poor. Poverty taught me the true value of the gifts useful to life.

Joy in looking and comprehending is nature's most beautiful gift.

Give whatever you are doing, and whoever you are with, the gift of your attention.

There are those who give with joy, and that joy is their reward.

The greatest gift is to give people your enlightenment, to share it. It has to be the greatest.

A person who is gifted sees the essential point and leaves the rest as surplus.

Surprises are foolish things. The pleasure is not enhanced and the inconvenience is often considerable.