The gifts that one receives for giving are so immeasurable that it is almost an injustice to accept them.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
The manner of giving is worth more than the gift.
Giving gifts to others is a fundamental activity, as old as humanity itself. Yet in the modern, complex world, the particulars of gift-giving can be extraordinarily challenging.
What is called generosity is usually only the vanity of giving; we enjoy the vanity more than the thing given.
The greatest gift that you can give to others is the gift of unconditional love and acceptance.
More and more, unsolicited gifts from without are likely to be received with unconscious resentment.
To find gratitude and generosity when you could reasonably find hurt and resentment will surprise you. It will be so surprising because you will see so much of the opposite: people who have much more than others yet who react with anger when one advantage is lost or with resentment when an added gift is denied.
It's only the giving that makes you what you are.
The excellence of a gift lies in its appropriateness rather than in its value.
What if you gave someone a gift, and they neglected to thank you for it - would you be likely to give them another? Life is the same way. In order to attract more of the blessings that life has to offer, you must truly appreciate what you already have.
To give and then not feel that one has given is the very best of all ways of giving.