Adolfo Perez Esquivel Quotes

Once I stopped dwelling on what I didn't have, on what I thought I was going to lose, and began to give freely, everything opened up for me. Everything began to flow into my life.

Give a portion of your money to others. By releasing an anxious grasp on your money, you will open yourself to receive all that is meant to be yours.

Anything you do not give freely and abundantly becomes lost to you.

Every day you have less reason not to give yourself away.

We are not cisterns made for hoarding, we are channels made for sharing.

It's about sharing. You just give what you have to give wherever you go, and you let God handle the rest.

Grey cloth coaxes the lime trees of friends shadowing berries dropped by the grateful earth.

The table is a meeting place, a gathering ground, the source of sustenance and nourishment, festivity, safety, and satisfaction. A person cooking is a person giving: Even the simplest food is a gift.

Abundance is a process of letting go; that which is empty can receive.

Complete possession is proved only by giving. All you are unable to give possesses you.

To receive everything, one must open one's hands and give.

You cannot hold on to anything good. You must be continually giving - and getting. You cannot hold on to your seed. You must sow it - and reap anew. You cannot hold on to riches. You must use them and get other riches in return.

If you worry about giving, you will never have enough of anything.

The right thing to do is just ask what you can give, and then let things manifest in the time they're supposed to.

It’s what you sow that multiplies, not what you keep in the barn.

The more he cast away, the more he had.

When you are not willing to fully receive, you are training the universe not to give to you! It's simple: if you aren't willing to receive your share, it will go to someone else who is.

Forgiveness is the giving, and so the receiving, of life.

Each day offers us the gift of being a special occasion if we can simply learn that as well as giving, it is blessed to receive with grace and a grateful heart.

We must give more in order to get more. It is the generous giving of ourselves that produces the generous harvest.

Everything I do now is about growing the pot to have more to give away.

As long as I focus on what I feel and don't worry about where I'm going, it works out. Having no expectations but being open to everything is what makes wonderful things happen. If I don't worry, there's no obstruction and life flows easily. It sounds impractical, but 'Expect nothing; be open to everything' is really all it is.

The more riches you have, the more you can share. So I like to share everything that I have that's of value.

I think we have to be not so afraid of scarcity. We have to be willing to give away all things.

You've got to give away what you love.