“Wealth is a gift from God, and pride is bequeathed to us from the devil.”
“May God bequeath everyone the gift of listening to the voice of their conscience!”
“He bequeaths us His manger, from which to learn how God came down to man, and His cross to teach us how man may go up to God.”
“In the ancient world, this was understood by the Christians, our only (if very imperfect) predecessors: Humility is a virtue, pride a vice; We comes from God, I from the Devil.”
“Jared told her he used to be an exotic dancer in San Francisco.''My body is a gift from God,' Jared said gravely. 'Except for my hips, which are clearly a gift from the devil.”
“The devil is busytrying to take from uswhat we get from God,and so God bids us hold fast.”