Gratefulness is that fullness of life for which we are all thirsting.

The root of joy is gratefulness...It is not joy that makes us grateful; it is gratitude that makes us joyful.

Eyes see only light, ears hear only sound, but a listening heart perceives meaning.

A single crocus blossom ought to be enough to convince our heart that springtime, no matter how predictable, is somehow a gift, gratuitous, gratis, a grace.

Everything is a gift. The degree to which we are awake to this truth is a measure of our gratefullness, and gratefullness is a measure of our aliveness.

We are never more than one grateful thought away from peace of heart.

Gratefulness is the inner gesture of giving meaning to our life by receiving life as gift.

Love wholeheartedly, be surprised, give thanks and praise then you will discover the fullness of your life.

If you learn to respond as if it’s the first day in your life and the very last day, then you will have spent this day very well.

Any place is sacred ground, for it can become a place of encounter with the divine Presence.

Look closely and you will find that people are happy because they are grateful. The opposite of gratefulness is just taking everything for granted.

And in the depths of music, I didn’t find the answer, And again there was silence, and again the ghost of summer.

People having religions is an insult to the universe.

As followers of natural science we know nothing of any relation between thoughts and the brain, except as a gross correlation in time and space.

Good art doesn't really have an expiration date on it. That's something to be happy about, if you're making art.

He who seeks forgiveness of his sins loves humility, but if he condemns another he seals his own wickedness.

The man who has not learned the secret of taking the drudgery out of his task by flinging his whole soul into it, has not learned the first principles of success or happiness.

To say that I am made in the image of God is to say that love is the reason for my existence, for God is love.

Grace is humbling and restorative. It pulls you down because Christ had to die for you, but also lifts you up because he wanted to die for you.

I am sentimental,’ she said. ‘I could dissect a koala but not its baby. I like the words damozel, eglantine, elegant. I love when you kiss my elongated white hand.

I don't think it's that bad, I mean, I love people following me around and helping me do stuff.