Abundance Quote by Charles Eisenstein

In a gift economy, the more you give, the richer you are.

— Charles Eisenstein

Unlike the sale of a commodity, the giving of a gift tends to establish a relationship between the parties involved. When gifts circulate within…

— Lewis Hyde

The only gift is giving to the poor; All else is exchange.

— Thiruvalluvar

Gift giving is one of the oldest forms of human interaction. It is a behaviour all cultures and all classes share.

— A. A. Gill

A gift isn't a gift unless it has meaning. Just giving things to people, especially children, create the expectation of more things.

— Oprah Winfrey

“The prosperity of the community grows from the flow of relationships, not the accumulation of goods. When the natural world is understood as a…

— Robin Wall Kimmerer

“A market exchange has an equilibrium or stasis: you pay to balance the scale. But when you give a gift there is momentum, and…

— Lewis Hyde

A gift involves sacrifice. If you give away something that you no longer value or want, it cannot be a gift. It is simply…

— Wayne Gerard Trotman

“An encounter with generosity can remind us that life always overflows our attempts to reduce it to a commodity or a transaction—because it is…

— Makoto Fuijmura

“I am not arguing that we should now completely shift our whole economy from one based on priced monetary transactions to one based simply…

— Vaddhaka Linn

Giving gifts to others is a fundamental activity, as old as humanity itself. Yet in the modern, complex world, the particulars of gift-giving can…

— Andrew Weil

The true value of a gift is the sentiment behind the gifting.

— Shri Radhe Maa