Only gratefulness, in the form of limitless openness for surprise, lays hold of the fullness of life in hope.

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.

Belief creates behaviors.

I can no longer trust in this loveIt has fallen like the saints aboveAll because of your sweet liesYou sang them like a lullaby"Phoenix

Time crawls in the silence. Tick. Tock. Tick. Tock. Tick. Tock. Tock. Tock. Tock.

It's a blessing as an artist to express myself - whether that be via dance, via song or via speech - in so many different ways.

Money, big money (which is actually a relative concept) is always, under any circumstances, a seduction, a test of morals, a temptation to sin.

Google 'broccoli casserole' and make the first recipe you find. I guarantee it will be disappointing.

If it doesn't know what to charge you for nosebleed seats, your team sucks.

And how does God speak to you?" "In the language of everything that is beautiful.

The vulgar herd estimate friendship by its advantages. [Lat., Vulgus amicitias utilitate probat.]

[Democrat Party] believe that there's gonna be mass appreciation and love and everybody's gonna be getting along.