We didn't solicit him to come here, he came of his own volition ... We gave him the immediate respite and took him into the program.

And how many a town to which I gave respite while it was unjust, then I overtook it, and to Me is the return.

And apostles before you were certainly mocked at, but I gave respite to those who disbelieved, then I destroyed them; how then was My requital (of evil)? / Is He then Who watches every soul as to what it earns? And yet they give associates to Allah! Say: Give them a name; nay, do you mean to inform Him of what He does not know in the earth, or (do you affirm this) by an outward saying? Rather, their plans are made to appear fair-seeming to those who disbelieve, and they are kept back from the path; and whom Allah makes err, he shall have no guide.

We know Lincoln was generous with his immediate staff - he gave them things.

I never do anything I don't want to do. Nor does anyone, but in my case I am always aware of it.

I look up into the sky to see all the drops falling on the ground before they make contact. I realize the drops have more in common with me than I think. We're all just falling until we're not falling, and we don't really have a choice where we land.