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Of all the gods only death does not desire gifts.

Gifts fall from heaven only in fairy tales.

The gifts given to us by God must not be relinquished to those who speak ill of them and who are moved by envy or ignorance.

We should not have a petty regard for God's gifts, though we may and should despise our own imperfections.

Some of God's greatest gifts are unanswered prayers.

Without a knowledge of mythology much of the elegant literature of our own language cannot be understood and appreciated.

God never gives someone a gift they are not capable of receiving. If he gives us the gift of Christmas, it is because we all have the ability to understand and receive it.

Enemies' gifts are no gifts and do no good.

Israel knew that there was no greater gift than to be given God's name, but that gift was a frightening reality that threatened to consume her. Israel, who would be tempted by the idolatrous presumption she possessed God's name, rightly never forgot she could not say God's name.

Prosperity is only an instrument to be used, not a deity to be worshipped.