Gifts fall from heaven only in fairy tales.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
Of all the gods only death does not desire gifts.
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.
However, all gifts seem now to be absorbed in one and a man must be either a Preacher or nothing.
The problem with faerie gifts is that they always come with a price, which is why they are made by the desperate and the foolish.
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.
Gifts make slaves.
Fairy-tales are nice.
Enemies' gifts are no gifts and do no good.
The gifts of nature are infinite in their variety, and mind differs from mind almost as much as body from body.
All sorts of spiritual gifts come through privations, if they are accepted.