“They think we should be more “spiritual;” that is to say, willing to live upon the labor of others; willing to ask alms, saying, in the meantime, “It is more blessed to give than to receive.” If this is so, why not give the money back?”
"The Brooklyn Divines." Brooklyn Union (Brooklyn, NY), 1883.
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“It is more blessed to give than to receive.”
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Acts 20:35b
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Jerry Spinelli (1941) American children's writer
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Reflections on Various Subjects (1665–1678), V. On Conversation
Warren Farrell (1943) author, spokesperson, expert witness, political candidate
Source: Father and Child Reunion (2001), p. 238.
Heydar Aliyev (1923–2003) Soviet and Azerbaijani politician
Answering the question of Jeffrey Goldberg "What sort of corruption do you see in America?" October 4, 1998, The New York Times http://www.nytimes.com/1998/10/04/magazine/the-crude-face-of-global-capitalism.html?pagewanted=all.
“There is more joy in giving than in receiving.”
Pope Benedict XVI (1927) 265th Pope of the Catholic Church
Never doubt the truth of our Lord's promise that whatever we give him of our creativity, our resources, our persons, will come back to us in abundance.
2008, Closing Mass (19 July 2008)