The spirit in which a thing is given determines that in which the debt is acknowledged; it's the intention, not the face-value of the gift, that's weighed. (Seneca)

The spirit in which a thing is given determines that in which the debt is acknowledged; it's the intention, not the face-value of the gift, that's weighed.

Seneca

Related topics

debt gift given intention spirit thing face-value

Related quotes

Creative ideas flourish best in a shop which preserves some spirit of fun. Nobody is in business for fun, but that does not mean there cannot be fun in business. View quote
Leo Burnett
While we have the gift of life, it seems to me that only tragedy is to allow part of us to die - whether it is our spirit, our creativity, or our glorious uniqueness. View quote
Gilda Radner
The pleasures of the imagination are as it were only drawings and models which are played with by poor people who cannot afford the real thing. View quote
Georg Christoph Lichtenberg
In regard to this Great Book, I have but to say, it is the best gift God has given to man. All the good the Savior gave to the world was communicated through this book. View quote
Abraham Lincoln
It is a curious thing... that every creed promises a paradise which will be absolutely uninhabitable for anyone of civilized taste. View quote
Evelyn Waugh