The artist ought to know that a thousand painful deaths always lead into greater life.

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.

When you are still fragmentated, lacking certainty — what difference does it make what your decisions are?

At a time like this, we can't afford the luxury of thinking!

The helmet of life is the hope of salvation.

It would be consistent and proper for us to join the war for democratic freedom, only if we would likewise be assured that democratic freedom in theory as well as in practice.

In the early part of your career you are always compared with somebody until you can stand on your own two feet

That's the shame about Miles Copeland; he's evil, but he's got a heart of gold.

I'm not the kind of player to see out my time and sit with my bum on the bench too much. I want to be involved. That's my character.

Before this generation goes on to its ancestors, we should, we must, do our level best to pass on our lessons, so that they live in our people's minds and lives.

If Gary Cooper and Henry Fonda had a baby, it would be Matthew Modine.

Trying to find my flaws is like trying to find a black person at one of our concerts