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.

Gratefulness has the courage to trust and so overcomes fear.

Man becomes man only by his intelligence but he is man only by his heart.

Don't work for fools. It's not worth it. Getting paid less to work for people you like and believe in is much better for you (and your career) in the long run.

There is room in history for all of us.

An ambition is a little creeper that creeps and creeps in your heart night and day, singing a little song, "Come and find me, come and find me."

We women ought to put first things first. Why should we mind if men have their faces on the money, as long as we get our hands on it?

A good listener is not someone with nothing to say. A good listener is a good talker with a sore throat.

I'm a comic geek, I love playing video games and I love reading comics.

I believe every church is either supernatural or superficial. I don't believe there's any middle ground.

Any time you throw pain at a Jackal without a clear present request, within a millisecond he'll jump in.

We must labor unceasingly to render our piety reasonable, and our reason pious.