A mountain is just a mountain, a sunset just a sunset. These three intimacies God has chosen to make His love intelligible to our poor hearts. God has spoken. True generosity never looks to reciprocity. It gives neither because it expects a gift in return, nor because there is a duty or obligation to give.
Charity lies beyond obligation.
Its reward is in the joy of giving. Men cannot stand weakness. Men are, in a certain sense, the weaker sex. There is nothing that so much unnerves a man as a woman's tears. Therefore men need the strength and the inspiration of women who do not break in a crisis.