gifts

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.

True love 's the gift which God has given To man alone beneath the heaven: It is not fantasy's hot fire, Whose wishes soon as granted fly; It liveth not in fierce desire, With dead desire it doth not die; It is the secret sympathy, The silver link, the silken tie, Which heart to heart and mind to mind In body and in soul can bind.

The liberty of the individual is no gift of civilization. It was greatest before there was any civilization.

If wisdom were offered me with this restriction, that I should keep it close and not communicate it, I would refuse the gift.

Life is a gift of the immortal Gods, but living well is the gift of philosophy.

Death: A punishment to some, to some a gift, and to many a favor.

Christmas Carol The kings they came from out the south, All dressed in ermine fine; They bore Him gold and chrysoprase, And gifts of precious wine. The shepherds came from out the north, Their coats were brown and old; They brought Him little new-born lambs- They had not any gold. The wise men came from out the east, And they were wrapped in white; The star that led them all the way Did glorify the night. The angels came from heaven high, And they were clad with wings; And lo, they brought a joyful song The host of heaven sings. The kings they knocked upon the door, The wise men entered in, The shepherds followed after them To hear the song begin. The angels sang through all the night Until the rising sun, But little Jesus fell asleep Before the song was done.

Hope . . . is the companion of power, and the mother of success; for whoso hopes strongly has within him the gift of miracles.

When pious frauds and holy shifts Are dispensations and gifts.

He ne'er consider'd it, as loth To look a gift-horse in the mouth.