Quotations are the fundamental distillation of a writer’s life and thinking as recorded in words and phrases for posterity. Through them the reader is afforded the unique opportunity to share in the thoughts, the life and the experiences of the writer. In a special way, they offer the reader a window into the mind of the author and hopefully an inducement to read further and learn more about the author and the story he relates.


On a wider scale, they are, as William Feather wrote, “the wisdom of the wise and the experience of the ages preserved into perpetuity“, and as such they are available for the enrichment and enhancement of humanity, regardless of age, sex, race, educational or economic status. They are indeed, as the Talmud states, “food for the famished”.

The collection of quotations presented in this blog, have been chosen by me because of their special impact upon me. They have been published so that you too, may experience the joy I have had over the years reading them and getting to know the authors.


I trust that you will come to know the feeling of deep satisfaction possible from reading them, searching out the author and meditating upon their meaning and their impact on your life.

Sunday, March 23, 2008

GIVING

It is more blessed to Give than to receive. …….. Acts 20:35

For it is in Giving that we receive. ……St. Francis of Assisi

You give but little when you give of your possessions.
It is when you give of yourself that you truly give. ……Kahlil Gibran

The only Gift is a portion of thyself. …….Ralph Waldo Emerson

The manner of Giving is worth more than the gift. ……..Pierre Corneille,

You can Give without loving, but you can never love without giving. ……..Author Unknown

There is no happiness in having or in getting, but only in giving. ……….Henry Drummond

No one has ever become poor by Giving. …..…Anne Frank

Remember that the happiest people are not those getting more,
but those Giving more. ……… H. Jackson Brown, Jr.

To whom much is Given, much is expected. …….Luke 12:48

It is not how much we Give;
But how much love we put into Giving. …….Mother Teresa

We make a living by what we get;
We make a life by what we Give. .....Sir Winston S. Churchill

It is possible to Give, without loving;
But it is impossible to love without Giving. …….Richard Braunstein

Yesterday is History and Tomorrow is a Mystery.
Today is a Gift. ..That’s why we call it Present. …..Babatunde Olatunji

To Give and then not feel that one has given;
Is the very best of all ways of giving. …..Max Beerbohm

Blessed are those who Give, without remembering;
And take, without forgetting. …..Elizabeth Asquith Bibesco

What I spent is lost;
What I possessed is left to others;
But what I Gave away, remains with me forever. ……Joseph Addison

If you know what I know about the power of Giving,
You will not let a single meal pass without sharing it in some way. ……Buddha

All you have shall some day be Given; Therefore give now,
that the season of giving may be yours, and not your inheritors. ……Kahlil Gibran

No matter how little you have, you can always Give some of it away. ……Catherine Marshall

Nothing that you have not Given away will ever be really yours. ……..C. S. Lewis

It is the intention, not the face-value of the Gift, that is weighed. …….Seneca

Each day provides its own gifts. ……Marcus Aurelius

To give without any reward, or any notice,
has a special quality of its own. ………Anne Morrow Lindbergh.

Giving connects two people, the giver and the receiver;
And this connection gives birth to a new sense of belonging ……..Deepak Chopra

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