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“Health is the greatest gift, contentment is the greatest wealth, a trusted friend is the best relative, Nibbana is the greatest bliss.”
— Gautama Buddha Dhammapada, (verse 202), translator: Narada Maha Thera
“I’ve heard it said that sometimes, in return for the gifts of the earth, gratitude is enough. It is our uniquely human gift to express thanks, because we have the awareness and the collective memory to remember that the world could well be otherwise, less generous than it is.”
— Robin Wall Kimmerer,
“As good stewards of the manifold grace of God, each of you should use whatever gift he has received to serve one another.”
— 1 Peter 4:10 (NIV)
“Omne supervacuum pleno de pectore manat.”
— Everything that is superfluous overflows from the full bosom.
“Altera manu fert lapidem, panem ostentat altera.”
— In one hand he bears a stone, with the other offers bread.
“Denn was ein Mensch auch hat, so sind's am Ende Gaben.”
— For whatever a man has, is in reality only a gift.

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“Health is the greatest gift, contentment is the greatest wealth, a trusted friend is the best relative, Nibbana is the greatest bliss.”
— Gautama Buddha Dhammapada, (verse 202), translator: Narada Maha Thera
“I’ve heard it said that sometimes, in return for the gifts of the earth, gratitude is enough. It is our uniquely human gift to express thanks, because we have the awareness and the collective memory to remember that the world could well be otherwise, less generous than it is.”
— Robin Wall Kimmerer,
“As good stewards of the manifold grace of God, each of you should use whatever gift he has received to serve one another.”
— 1 Peter 4:10 (NIV)
“Omne supervacuum pleno de pectore manat.”
— Everything that is superfluous overflows from the full bosom.
“Altera manu fert lapidem, panem ostentat altera.”
— In one hand he bears a stone, with the other offers bread.
“Denn was ein Mensch auch hat, so sind's am Ende Gaben.”
— For whatever a man has, is in reality only a gift.

Quotes via Wikiquote (CC BY-SA), each with its original source.