#giver

I feel sorry for anyone who is in a place where he feels strange and stupid. ↗

— Lois Lowry

#alone #belonging #jonah #life #lois-lowry

My original fear that my daughter was going to die before BettyJane and myself has now been replaced with the fear that she is going to outlive us. ↗

— John Passaro

#caregiving #fear #parents-responsibility #life

This is the hardest of all: to close the open hand out of love, and keep modest as a giver. ↗

— Friedrich Nietzsche

#giver #hand #hardest #keep #love

Behind him,across vast distances of space and time, from the place he had left, he thought he heard music too. But perhaps it was only an echo. ↗

— Lois Lowry

#music

I have found that among its other benefits, giving liberates the soul of the giver. ↗

— Maya Angelou

#benefits #found #giver #giving #i

Love and kindness are never wasted. They always make a difference. They bless the one who receives them, and they bless you, the giver. ↗

— Barbara de Angelis

#bless #difference #giver #kindness #love

You hear a lot about God these days: God, the beneficent; God, the all-great; God, the Almighty; God, the most powerful; God, the giver of life; God, the creator of death. I mean, we're hearing about God all the time, so we better learn how to deal with it. But if we know anything about God, God is arbitrary. ↗

— Bob Dylan

#almighty #anything #arbitrary #beneficent #better

If I had to choose a religion, the sun as the universal giver of life would be my god. ↗

— Napoleon Bonaparte

#choose #giver #god #had #i

Flattery corrupts both the receiver and the giver. ↗

— Edmund Burke

#corrupts #flattery #giver #receiver

Women are, in my view, natural peacemakers. As givers and nurturers of life, through their focus on human relationships and their engagement with the demanding work of raising children and protecting family life, they develop a deep sense of empathy that cuts through to underlying human realities. ↗

— Daisaku Ikeda

#cuts #deep #demanding #develop #empathy