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The 'Big Bang' idea of pseudo armchair pundits, too is as much a theory as a human-like big buffoon, that your so-called 'holy' books call god.
— Fakeer Ishavardas
Until you get it that in reality you, and the enemy you hate, are identically and inseparably 'One', of a single make, you're one big silly mistake.
— Fakeer Ishavardas
Only that 'holy' book which teaches you to love all beings - animals or human things - read. Another one, idiots do, You let go, God speed.
— Fakeer Ishavardas
Everyday, do more than you could; seek more than you should; understand more than is understood. Thus only a man stops being a hood.
— Fakeer Ishavardas
Mostly, all book-told gods are as little as the little men who wrote them idiots into existence.
— Fakeer Ishavardas
I shine my light on every dark thought that arises and they turn into whispers with wings and fly away.
— Jodi Livon
All life is One Life.
— Fakeer Ishavardas
I have within me all that I need
—  I am love and life in action.
The ultimate Truth is so simple. It is nothing more than being in the pristine state. This is all that need be said. till, it is a wonder that to teach this simple Truth there should come into being so many religions, creeds, methods and disputes among them and so on! Oh the pity! Oh the pity!
— Ramana Maharshi
What is destiny more than an end result? If there is such thing as destiny it must change. With every thought we think, every word we utter, every choice we make our destiny adjusts to fit the consequences of that choice.
— Eve S. Nicholson, The Tripartite Soul
Divinity exists in everyday life.
— Lailah Gifty Akita
Tell me and I forget, teach me and I may remember, involve me and I learn."Benjamin Franklin never said those words, he was falsely attributed on a respected quotation website and it spread from there. The quote comes from the Xunzi.Xun Kuang was a Chinese Confucian philosopher that lived from 312-230 BC. His works were collected into a set of 32 books called the Xunzi, by Liu Xiang in about 818 AD. There are woodblock copies of these books that are almost 1100 years old.Book 8 is titled Ruxiao ("The Teachings of the Ru"). The quotation in question comes from Chapter 11 of that book. In Chinese the quote is:不闻不若闻之, 闻之不若见之, 见之不若知之, 知之不若行之It is derived from this paragraph:Not having heard something is not as good as having heard it; having heard it is not as good as having seen it; having seen it is not as good as knowing it; knowing it is not as good as putting it into practice. (From the John Knoblock translation, which is viewable in Google Books)The first English translation of the Xunzi was done by H.H. Dubs, in 1928, one-hundred and thirty-eight years after Benjamin Franklin died.
— Xun Kuang
God Will Save MeA terrible storm came into a town and local officials sent out an emergency warning that the riverbanks would soon overflow and flood the nearby homes. They ordered everyone in the town to evacuate immediately.A faithful Christian man heard the warning and decided to stay, saying to himself, “I will trust God and if I am in danger, then God will send a divine miracle to save me.”The neighbors came by his house and said to him, “We’re leaving and there is room for you in our car, please come with us!” But the man declined. “I have faith that God will save me.”As the man stood on his porch watching the water rise up the steps, a man in a canoe paddled by and called to him, “Hurry and come into my canoe, the waters are rising quickly!” But the man again said, “No thanks, God will save me.”The floodwaters rose higher pouring water into his living room and the man had to retreat to the second floor. A police motorboat came by and saw him at the window. “We will come up and rescue you!” they shouted. But the man refused, waving them off saying, “Use your time to save someone else! I have faith that God will save me!”The flood waters rose higher and higher and the man had to climb up to his rooftop.A helicopter spotted him and dropped a rope ladder. A rescue officer came down the ladder and pleaded with the man, "Grab my hand and I will pull you up!" But the man STILL refused, folding his arms tightly to his body. “No thank you! God will save me!”Shortly after, the house broke up and the floodwaters swept the man away and he drowned.When in Heaven, the man stood before God and asked, “I put all of my faith in You. Why didn’t You come and save me?”And God said, “Son, I sent you a warning. I sent you a car. I sent you a canoe. I sent you a motorboat. I sent you a helicopter. What more were you looking for?
— Anonymous
Similar aura patterns with someone indicate that we have same frequency at physical, mental, emotional and spiritual levels, while the opposite is true for the people whom we dislike instantly.
— Hina Hashmi, Your Life A Practical Guide to Happiness Peace and Fulfilment
God performs His promises.
— Lailah Gifty Akita
Without that forgiveness, that peace, no heart is ever happy. There is always an inner struggle. Pain. Only when God has been invited in-to manage one's life, to direct one's thinking, to be in control-can one ever get away from all the conflicts inside. We have to stop struggling against His will before we can find real joy.
— Janette Oke, The Tender Years
The love of God is all I need.
— Lailah Gifty Akita
We are our best guide and a friend. Our problems arise when we start looking for one elsewhere.
— Kunal Narayan Uniyal, Unanswered
Love is the fingerprint of the soul.
— Jodi Livon, The Happy Medium: Awakening to Your Natural Intuition
Spirituality is not about being God, but about being your self. God is an imagination. Self is already that - one with all and within all. Self is the essence l, the source and the manifestation too. What else is God?
— Rashmit Kalra
Tantra like any raw power is defined by the wisdom of its user
— Anupama Garg
I see the faces that stop by my cart here. Their smiles are hollow, their eyes are hungry. The yogi's faces are different. Silent, complete. Like the mountains around them. Asking no questions, seeking no answers, just certain, as though they knew exactly who they were.
— Karan Bajaj, The Seeker
For too many of us, it is only when adversity strikes that living for Christ becomes a priority: a sudden crisis such as a life-threatening illness, the death of a loved one, or the loss of a job or income reminds us that each day is precious, and only then do we begin to (re)evaluate our existence. But why is there no sense of urgency or accountability when God blesses us with an event that reveals the purpose of our soul?
— Angela Monique Crudupt, Sent by Jesus: The Father sent Jesus, and Jesus sent you.
If one is to live an abundant life. One must seek out all manner of ways to be challenged. Otherwise the fountain of the flow of life will only trickle in. One needs to perturbthe flow of life so as to engage it fully. Rich engagement is the fruit of enlightened labor of one’s passion by a sense of fulfillment.
— Ivan Alexander Pozo-Illas, The Wayfarer of the Soul
We are the authors, lovers, and dreamers of this Creation. What shall we create with our intentions?I hope as an entity soul that we as a collective overcome this strife we've brought down upon our heads. As anindividual entity within the macrocosm of God’s Spirit as the maker. Where it is stated, “This too shall pass and fade like the wind”. Only unconditional Love can spare us fromour self induced madness. That is the grace that God offers all life reborn onto itself. Be still and remember what it is to be Holy once more in the Love of God(dess). Amen.
— Ivan Alexander Pozo-Illas, The Wayfarer of the Soul
Wherever your love is, so is your heaven made manifest before your very eyes.
— Ivan Alexander Pozo-Illas, The Wayfarer of the Soul
For those who seek a lifestyle of meaning served by purpose than listen well. To live rightly is a grace fromGod(dess) of the Most High. Albeit it is not meant to be an easy feat either in its pursuit. To live a life of well being one must find a balance that is appropriate to one’s own purpose in life. Once found and understood correctly, then one can live by such a hallmark of fortitude. Otherwise one will wander far and wide in a haze of confusion not valuing themselves truly. Find your balance and it will lead you back to yourself and God(dess) awaiting you with open arms. Amen.
— Ivan Alexander Pozo-Illas, The Wayfarer of the Soul
To have the spirit of youth and the wisdom from age. Is to have used the eternal fountain of life within our very souls. Not for an instant but for a lifetime. Amen.
— Ivan Alexander Pozo-Illas, The Wayfarer of the Soul
Choose what will motivate you in life as a whole. Will it be Love or Fear that sets you apart in this lifetime? Karma has no hold on our souls greater than a love known as grace. Or a fear of sheer torment during this sojourn of our Earthly trek. If you choose poorly then you shall be preyed upon and easily manipulated by your peers via numerous tactics of hate at large. If again you choose wisely than keep on your guard using reason with an unconditional love. Because aconditional love is flawed as a mixture of demands placed on it by the frail ego always. It has no place being called love in the absolute eyes of God(dess).
— Ivan Alexander Pozo-Illas, The Journey of the Soul Continues
Of all the great and minor faiths as religions that have evolved over the ages with humanity. Many had their birth at the death or near death of another religious faith. One day the anthropological phenomena of our predominant faiths may become naturally forgotten, demonized, if notmorph into another religious tradition altogether. What we historically call as mythology is for Ancient Greece,Persia, or Mayan cultures were the Almighty religions of their age. So it will be again with our Epoch from today our renowned and accomplished heirs of thousands of years intoour combined futures. That will have regarded our present day Abrahamic traditions of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam as mythologies of their own future anthropological understanding.
— Ivan Alexander Pozo-Illas
A heart consumed by bitterness turns to stone.
— Rona V Flynn
If you practise deceit it will burrow down into dark places and change you. Spoken by Boaz to his daughter, Star.
— Rona V. Flynn, Star's Awakening
A heart consumed with bitterness will turn to stone. An old Lightkeepers adage, spoken by Boaz to Luka.
— Rona V. Flynn, Star's Awakening
Light makes light even brighter, but does not cancel it.
— Steven Chopade
I am the seeker, the act of seeking, and the one who is sought.
— Karan Bajaj, The Seeker
The departed souls shall never return.
— Lailah Gifty Akita, Think Great: Be Great!
Don’t attempt to fight the enemy in your own strength. You will experience burnout, and you will fail. Don’t even think about it! The key is to engage in spiritual warfare God’s way. And that is by resting in him and fighting from victory, not for victory!
— Pedro Okoro, The Ultimate Guide to Spiritual Warfare: Learn to Fight from Victory, Not for Victory!
God isn’t asking you to fight the devil. He is asking you to simply uphold or sustain the victory won byJesus at Calvary and enforce his authority over the devil. You’re like the traffic warden who raises his hand and the vehicles stop. They don’t stop because he can physically bring thevehicles to a halt, but because he is representing and upholding the authority of the state.
— Pedro Okoro, The Ultimate Guide to Spiritual Warfare: Learn to Fight from Victory, Not for Victory!
You can exercise your authority as abeliever because you are seated with Jesus in the heavenly places.
— Pedro Okoro, The Ultimate Guide to Spiritual Warfare: Learn to Fight from Victory, Not for Victory!
Generosity is inverted prosperity.
— Matshona Dhliwayo
Do you wish to take control of your life? Begin by focusing on steering the storm, rather than where the lightening strikes.
— Gary   Hopkins
Dispassion doesn't mean to no longer feel the passions, but to no longer accept them.
— Isaac of Nineveh, The Ascetical Homilies of Saint Isaac the Syrian
Take death for example. A great deal of our effort goes into avoiding it. We make extraordinary efforts to delay it, and often consider its intrusion a tragic event. Yet we’d find it hard to live without it. Death gives meaning to our lives. It gives importance and value to time. Time would become meaningless if there were too much of it.
— Ray Kurzweil
Lordship and rapport are the keys to save us from being combative and make us more attractive in spiritual conversations.
— Gary Rohrmayer, Spiritual Conversations: Creating and Sustaining Them Without Being a Jerk
Seek to be served, and you become a servant. Seek to serve others, and you become a master.
— Donald L. Hicks, Look into the stillness
Yes, it is true that beauty is only skin deep, and internal loveliness resonates to the outside; but deep down inside every woman secretly longs to possess the allure of a royal queen.
— Terry A. O'Neal
Whenever you receive a vision, quickly act on the vision.
— Lailah Gifty Akita, Think Great: Be Great!
We are all touched by music. Music connects us.
— Awen Finn, Read my SONG Read my HEART Read my SOUL
We must manifest the glory of God on earth.
— Lailah Gifty Akita, Think Great: Be Great!
May the love at Christmas be with us throughout coming year.
— Lailah Gifty Akita, Think Great: Be Great!
Music connects us to freedom
— Awen Finn, Read my SONG Read my HEART Read my SOUL
If you listen to the beginning of the whispers you will not have to hear the shouts.
— Miranda J. Barrett, A Woman's Truth: A Life Truly Worth Living
God is the source of life, honour and wealth.
— Lailah Gifty Akita, Think Great: Be Great!
Jesus told you all that I hid the spiritual wisdom from the mind and thus it could only be accessed from the heart. And yet men become “learned” in the Bible and study and pull it apart and attempt to put it back together again. Just like the old nursery rhyme of Humpty Dumpty, “All the King’s horses and all the King’s men could not put Humpty Dumpty back together again.” My words cannot be put together again. My word cannot be “put together” by the mind of any man. This is why I gave the New Covenant. It was and is My promise to guide those who wander, home again unto My heart.
— Debra Clemente, Listen Hear: A Divine Love Story
Find yourself, and once you do never let go
— Coach Cassandra
In everyone's mind there is a whisper of the next step. It may be simple, such as making a phone call or reading a book. It may be a very concrete, mundane step to take that may not even seem connected with your higher vision. Know that you are always being shown the next step; it is always something that comes to your mind as obvious, simple, and a joyful thing to do
— Sanaya Roman, Living with Joy: Keys to Personal Power and Spiritual Transformation
Lao Tzu "The key to growth is the introductionof higher dimensions of consciousnessinto our awareness.
— Lao Tzu
Life should be touched, not strangled.
— Ray Bradbury
The Bible is not a tested hypothesis, it is not a theory but it is God's Breath.
— Moroaswi Tumiso Victor, Divine (Godhead) Principles: Christ Alive in You
There are times in life when one is in the trough of the wave, and other times when the blessings of the Eternal One wash over us like waves.A Letter to GodPage 85
— Antoine D. Ongolo, A Letter to God
It doesn't seem to make any sense, but then it never does! It's usually only afterwards when the pieces finally fit together, that you're left standing there thinking how obvious it always was.
— Michelle Frost, Wisdoms of the Light
The dreams of a pure life,The dreams of a loving wife,Find pleasure in a Godly life.
— The Wife S.R.
Those who consider the inessential to be essential And see the essential as inessential Don't reach the essential, Living in the field of wrong intention
— Gautama Buddha, The Dhammapada
Baptized in a river when I was a teenager. I go to church most Sundays. My favorite Bible verse is ‘Jesus wept.’”“Because it’s the shortest?” He almost smiled.“No. Because it says that Jesus knew what it meant to grieve. He’d just let his best friend in the world die of illness when he could have gotten there in time to save him. I’m thinking he was between a rock and hard place, and the hard place let his friend die. He grieved. Then, when he could, he went and raised his friend from the grave, and he knew that if he did that, he’d die himself.
— Faith Hunter, Blood Trade
the starting point of all achievement is desire
— Napoleon Hill, Napoleon Hill's Keys to Success: The 17 Principles of Personal Achievement
Liberty does not mean doing as you like, it means liking as you ought, and doing that.(From Slave)
— John F. MacArthur Jr.
The ideas of the moral order and of God belong to the ineradicable substrate of the human soul.
— C.G. Jung, Dreams
Christ in you is the hope of glory..." "Your life moves in the direction of your most dominant thought" "Love is never unsure" "Truth demands a response
— Various
You are never listening to what someone is saying, you are only ever listening to what you are hearing
— Julia Heywood
We are never so free as when we own our sacred serfdom...
— Charles Haddon Spurgeon
The moment you are there You know but the moment cannot be explained for it is beyond language and expression. It is a moment of silence, joy, bliss, void, crying, dancing but nothing confirms to normal.
— Maitreya Rudrabhayananda
Cultivate the habit of being grateful for every good thing that comes to you, and to give thanks continuously. And because all things have contributed to your advancement, you should include all things in your gratitude.
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
Let gratitude be the pillow upon which you kneel to say your nightly prayer. And let faith be the bridge you build to overcome evil and welcome good.
— Maya Angelou, Celebrations: Rituals of Peace and Prayer
Acknowledging the good that you already have in your life is the foundation for all abundance.
— Eckhart Tolle, A New Earth: Awakening to Your Life's Purpose
We must find time to stop and thank the people who make a difference in our lives.
— John F. Kennedy
Gratitude is not only the greatest of virtues, but the parent of all others.
— Marcus Tullius Cicero
Appreciation is a wonderful thing. It makes what is excellent in others belong to us as well.
— Voltaire
As we express our gratitude, we must never forget that the highest appreciation is not to utter words, but to live by
— John F. Kennedy
In normal life we hardly realize how much more we receive than we give, and life cannot be rich without such gratitude. It is so easy to overestimate the importance of our own achievements compared with what we owe to the help of others.
— Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Letters and Papers from Prison
We should certainly count our blessings, but we should also make our blessings count.
— Neal A. Maxwell
The highest tribute to the dead is not grief but gratitude.
— Thornton Wilder
And when you crush an apple with your teeth, say to it in your heart:Your seeds shall live in my body,And the buds of your tomorrow shall blossom in my heart,And your fragrance shall be my breath,And together we shall rejoice through all the seasons.
— Kahlil Gibran
The unthankful heart discovers no mercies; but the thankful heart will find, in every hour, some heavenly blessings.
— Henry Ward Beecher
It is a pity that doing one's best does not always answer.
— Charlotte Brontë, Jane Eyre
Gratitude can transform common days into thanksgivings, turn routine jobs into joy, and change ordinary opportunities into blessings.” —
— William Arthur Ward
Not what we say about our blessings, but how we use them, is the true measure of our thanksgiving.
— W.T. Purkiser
The miracle is not to walk on water. The miracle is to walk on the green earth, dwelling deeply in the present moment and feeling truly alive.
— Thich Nhat Hanh
God gave you a gift of 86 400 seconds today. Have you used one to say thank you 
— William Arthur Ward
Feeling gratitude and not expressing it is like wrapping a present and not giving it.
— William Arthur Ward
In ordinary life we hardly realize that we receive a great deal more than we give, and that it is only with gratitude that life becomes rich.
— Dietrich Bonhoeffer
The greatest wisdom is in simplicity. Love, respect, tolerance, sharing, gratitude, forgiveness. It's not complex or elaborate. The real knowledge is free. It's encoded in your DNA. All you need is within you. Great teachers have said that from the beginning. Find your heart, and you will find your way.
— Carlos Barrios, Mayan elder and Ajq'ij of the Eagle Clan
My gratitude for good writing is unbounded
—  I’m grateful for it the way I’m grateful for the ocean.
Whatever you appreciate and give thanks for will increase in your life.
— Sanaya Roman, Living with Joy: Keys to Personal Power and Spiritual Transformation
Breath is the finest gift of nature. Be grateful for this wonderful gift.
— Amit Ray, Beautify your Breath - Beautify your Life
Take full account of what Excellencies you possess, and in gratitude remember how you would hanker after them, if you had them not.
— Marcus Aurelius, Meditations
Gratitude is the ability to experience life as a gift. It liberates us from the prison of self-preoccupation.
— John Ortberg, When the Game Is Over, It All Goes Back in the Box
My gratitude to him is as boundless as the Pacific ocean.
— Yann Martel, Life of Pi
Be thankful for your allotment in an imperfect world.  Though better circumstances can be imagined, far worse are nearer misses than you probably care to realize.
— Richelle E. Goodrich, Smile Anyway
Every once in a while God allows you to stub your toe as a kind reminder to be grateful for the miraculous body attached to it.
— Richelle E. Goodrich, Smile Anyway
For each new morning with its light,For rest and shelter of the night,For health and food, for love and friends,For everything Thy goodness sends.
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
When it comes to life the critical thing is whether you take things for granted or take them with gratitude.
— G.K. Chesterton
Eucharisteo—thanksgiving—always precedes the miracle.
— Ann Voskamp, One Thousand Gifts: A Dare to Live Fully Right Where You Are
When it was done and I went to sleep, I lay awake and listened to the clock on your nightstand and the wind outside and understood that I was really home, that in bed with you was home, and something that had been getting close in the dark was suddenly gone. It could not stay. It had been banished. It knew how to come back, I was sure of that, but it could not stay and I could really go to sleep. My heart cracked with gratitude. I think it was the first gratitude I’ve ever really known. I lay there beside you and the tears rolled down the sides of my face and onto the pillow. I loved you then and I love you now and I have loved you every second in between. I don’t care if you understand me. Understanding is vastly overrated, but nobody ever gets enough safety. I’ve never forgotten how safe I felt with that thing gone out of the darkness.
— Stephen King, Lisey's Story
Courtesies of a small and trivial character are the ones which strike deepest in the grateful and appreciating heart.
— Henry Clay
I was so happy to be out of there. “Barabas, if you weren’t battingfor the other team, I’d marry you.”He grinned. “If I weren’t batting for the other team, I would accept yourproposal. You had me at ‘No comment.’ If all my clients were this smart, mylife would be much easier. Much, much easier.
— Ilona Andrews, Gunmetal Magic
I truly believe we can either see the connections, celebrate them, and express gratitude for our blessings, or we can see life as a string of coincidences that have no meaning or connection.For me, I’m going to believe in miracles, celebrate life, rejoice in the views of eternity and hope my choices will create a positive ripple effect in the lives of others. This is my choice.
— Mike Ericksen, Upon Destiny's Song
Gratitude paints little smiley faces on everything it touches.
— Richelle E. Goodrich, Smile Anyway
If we want to keep the blessings of life coming to us, we must learn to be grateful for whatever is given.
— Harold Klemp, The Language of Soul: Keys to Living a More Meaningful Life
Gratitude helps you to grow and expand
—  gratitude brings JOY and laughter into your life and into the lives of all those around you.
Steam seems to have killed all gratitude in the hearts of sailors.
— Jules Verne, Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea
If I do not feel a sense of joy in God's creation, if I forget to offer the world back to God with thankfulness, I have advanced very little upon the Way. I have not yet learnt to be truly human. For it is only through thanksgiving that I can become myself.
— Kallistos Ware, The Orthodox Way
Be happy, noble heart, be blessed for all the good thou hast done and wilt do hereafter, and let my gratitude remain in obscurity like your good deeds.
— Alexandre Dumas, The Count of Monte Cristo
Gratitude for the seemingly insignificant—a seed—this plants the giant miracle.
— Ann Voskamp, One Thousand Gifts: A Dare to Live Fully Right Where You Are
I have learned over a period of time to be almost unconsciously grateful--as a child is--for a sunny day, blue water, flowers in a vase, a tree turning red. I have learned to be glad at dawn and when the sky is dark. Only children and a few spiritually evolved people are born to feel gratitude as naturally as they breathe, without even thinking. Most of us come to it step by painful step, to discover that gratitude is a form of acceptance.
— Faith Baldwin, Many Windows, Seasons of the Heart
Gratitude is an overflow of the pleasure filling your soul.
— Raheel Farooq
Most of us forget to take time for wonder, praise and gratitude until it is almost too late. Gratitude is a many-colored quality, reaching in all directions. It goes out for small things and for large; it is a God-ward going.
— Faith Baldwin, Many Windows, Seasons of the Heart
Thanksgiving for God’s faithfulness in our pain is the indisputable proof that we believe God is a part of our pain.
— Erwin W. Lutzer, When You've Been Wronged: Moving From Bitterness to Forgiveness
Superficial social niceties are far different from the deep emotion of thanksgiving.
— Alexandra Katehakis, Mirror of Intimacy: Daily Reflections on Emotional and Erotic Intelligence
Summoning gratitude is a sure way to get our life back on track. Opening our eyes to affirm gratitude grows the garden of our inner abundance, just as standing close to a fire eventually warms our heart.
— Alexandra Katehakis, Mirror of Intimacy: Daily Reflections on Emotional and Erotic Intelligence
I have come to realize that truly rich people are rich not because they are frugal or they chose to be frugal, but because they are so grateful, contented and full of self-worth that they don't have to prove anything to anyone with material possessions. This way, they appear frugal.
— Jan Mckingley Hilado, Rich Real Radical: 40 Lessons from a Magna Cum Laude and a College Drop Out
Are you thankful for not being young?''Yes, sir. If I was young, it would all have to be gone through again, and the end would be a weary way off, don't you see?...
— Charles Dickens, Our Mutual Friend
Beth ceased to fear him from that moment, and sat there talking to him as cozily as if she had known him all her life, for love casts out fear, and gratitude can conquer pride.
— Louisa May Alcott
When you focus on gratitude, positive things flow in more readily, making you even more grateful.
— Lissa Rankin, Mind Over Medicine: Scientific Proof That You Can Heal Yourself
When my parents were liberated, four years before I was born, they found that the ordinary world outside the camp had been eradicated. There was no more simple meal, no thing was less than extraordinary: a fork, a mattress, a clean shirt, a book. Not to mention such things that can make one weep: an orange, meat and vegetables, hot water. There was no ordinariness to return to, no refuge from the blinding potency of things, an apple screaming its sweet juice.
— Anne Michaels, Fugitive Pieces
I made cranberry sauce, and when it was done put it into a dark blue bowl for the beautiful contrast. I was thinking, doing this, about the old ways of gratitude: Indians thanking the deer they'd slain, grace before supper, kneeling before bed. I was thinking that gratitude is too much absent in our lives now, and we need it back, even if it only takes the form of acknowledging the blue of a bowl against the red of cranberries.
— Elizabeth Berg, Open House
What well-bred woman would refuse her heart to a man who had just saved her life? Not one
—  and gratitude is a short cut which speedily leads to love.
All sanity depends on this: that it should be a delight to feel the roughness of a carpet under smooth soles, a delight to feel heat strike the skin, a delight to stand upright, knowing the bones are moving easily under the flesh.
— Doris Lessing, The Golden Notebook
That's the funny thing about America--the blessed thing. As many people as there are to hold you back, there are angels whose humanity makes up for all the others. I've had my share of angels.
— Abraham Verghese, Cutting for Stone
For a wise man, I have been told, once said, ‘Gratitude is best and most effective when it does not evaporate in empty phrases.’ But alas, my lady, I am but a mass of empty phrases, it would seem.
— Isaac Asimov, Foundation and Empire
After the fire, when I'd tried to express my gratitude for their kindness to our customers, they'd been awkward, uncomfortable. My father had had to explain to me that giving thanks is not a common practice in India.'Then how do you know if people appreciated what you did?' I'd asked.'Do you really need to know?' my father had asked back.
— Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni, Queen of Dreams
The soul that gives thanks can find comfort in everything
—  the soul that complains can find comfort in nothing.
If you imagine that I have the smallest desire to receive your hand as a reward for having performed a difficult task to your satisfaction you're beside the bridge, my child! I've no fancy for a reluctant wife. I want your love, not your gratitude.
— Georgette Heyer, Black Sheep
Thanksgiving creates abundance.
— Ann Voskamp
When I think of how many people in this world have it worse than I do, I realize just how blessed I really am...... and I have to give thanks ...
— Shannan Lea, Eish! London
Life-changing gratitude does not fasten to a life unless nailed through with one very specific nail at a time.
— Ann Voskamp
When the gratitude of many to one throws away all shame, we behold fame.
— Friedrich Nietzsche, The Gay Science
Rather than getting more spoilt with age, as difficulties pile up, epiphanies of gratitude abound.
— Alain de Botton
Every morning when I wake up, I kiss her forehead as symbol of gratitude and appreciation and she repays me back with a lovely smile.
— M.F. Moonzajer, A moment with God ; Poetry
[He was aware] of the value of the word of praise dropped at exactly the right moment
—  and he would have thought himself extremely stupid to withhold what cost him so little and was productive of such desirable results.
Though they only take a second to say, thank yous leave a warm feeling behind that can last for hours.
— Kent Allan Rees, Molly Withers and the Golden Tree
What can we make of the inexpressible joy of children? It is a kind of gratitude, I think—the gratitude of the ten-year-old who wakes to her own energy and the brisk challenge of the world. You thought you knew the place and all its routines, but you see you hadn’t known. Whole stacks at the library held books devoted to things you knew nothing about. The boundary of knowledge receded, as you poked about in books, like Lake Erie’s rim as you climbed its cliffs. And each area of knowledge disclosed another, and another. Knowledge wasn’t a body, or a tree, but instead air, or space, or being—whatever pervaded, whatever never ended and fitted into the smallest cracks and the widest space between stars.
— Annie Dillard, An American Childhood
I try hard to hold fast to the truth that a full and thankful heart cannot entertain great conceits. When brimming with gratitude, one’s heartbeat must surely result in outgoing love, the finest emotion we can ever know.
— Bill W.
Be grateful for whatever it is that opens you up.
— Allan G. Hunter
Gratitude is a form of worship in its own right, as it implies the acceptance of a power greater than yourself.
— Stephen Richards
Thanks, Pepe. You've put an extra night into my life. I would have spent it just sleeping like an ox, but I've lived it instead. I'm grateful.
— Manuel Vázquez Montalbán, La Soledad Del Manager
Saying that 'I am a grateful alcoholic' will then reflect the truth about who we have become in our person, having understood deeply and intimately that God in his grace can turn any evil, any pain we have suffered or inflicted, to good purpose. – p. 57
— Ray A., Practice These Principles: Living the Spiritual Disciplines and Virtues in 12-Step Recovery to Achieve Spiritual Growth, Character Development, and Emotional Sobriety
Always remember that with privilege comes responsibility. You must go to Casa Azul and see the place you came from. Only then will you be able to understand how far you've come.
— Sandra Rodriguez Barron, Stay with Me: A Novel
Getting to the destination you desire involves walking in the right direction. You can't board a jet to enlightenment, and thank God for that. Otherwise, when you jumped off the plane, you'd proceed to polluting paradise with the hell that you thought you had left behind.
— Natalie Pace, The Gratitude Game: 21 Days to a Healthier, Wealthier, More Beautiful You
When we flood our creative problem-solving mind with the endorphins of gratitude, we are open to receiving the spectacular solutions that are needed now to ensure that generations to come will enjoy this beautiful blue ball that we call home.
— Natalie Pace, The Gratitude Game: 21 Days to a Healthier, Wealthier, More Beautiful You
Gratitude for me is waking up each day, and being able to make a difference in somebody’s life.
— Charmaine J Forde
I know I should be reassuring him that everything's all right, that he needn't worry, but I can't. Instead I'm talking to someone I don't know who isn't even there. Thank you, I'm saying. Thank you for Lucy, thank you for Claire and for Daniel, thank you for this cold and this blood and this pain. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you.
— Michael Dibdin, Thanksgiving
True heartfelt gratitude offers moments of profound reflection, on the blessings which constantly fill our lives (KR, 1998)
— Kieran Revell, The Unstoppable Power Within: Imagine the Possibilities
Treasure the magic moments for the gems they are.
— Catherine Marie Bergman
To be content is to count your blessings.
— Lailah Gifty Akita
gratitude is a duty which ought to be paid but which none have a right to expect
— Rousseau Jean-Jacques 1712-1778
Thank God, thank God.
— Lailah Gifty Akita
Be generous with praise and kind words of encouragement. Say “thank you” when someone helps you. Make colleagues feel welcome when they call or stop to talk with you. If you let others know that they are appreciated, they’ll want to give you their best.
— Del Suggs, Truly Leading: Lessons in Leadership
A sprinkle of magic, a ton of fun, a heap of optimism, a lot of joy, a glimmer of hope – ’tis the gift of the Happy Rosy Day gratitude journal.
— Zakiyya Rosebelle
Gratitude is the language of love.
— Clifton L. West III
If we can realize that life is always happening for us, not to us… game over, all the pain and suffering disappears.
— Tony Robbins
Just remember to say THANK YOU sometimes, for all of these everyday extraordinary gifts.
— Scott Stabile
Thinking too much just brings it back to me, me, me—but thanking takes my eyes off myself and my mistakes and puts them on others, on things bigger than myself. I can’t stand here very long without being humbled at how small I am and amazed at how big and beautiful our world is.
— Elizabeth Musser, Words Unspoken
Be encouraged. Hold your head up high and know God is in control and has a plan for you. Instead of focusing on all the bad, be thankful for all the good.
— Germany Kent
She could go on asking herself why roses had thorns or she could be thankful that thorns had roses.
— Ella Griffin, The Flower Arrangement
The smaller the item of gratitude, the purer is the connection to our heart.
— H.L. Balcomb, Cinderella In Focus: "Curiosity is the doorway to our personal possibility!" 2nd Edition coming Oct.  31, 2017
We seldom think of what we have but always of what we lack
— Schopenhauer Arthur Schopenhauer Et Al
It is easy to say I am thankful for the sweet and beautiful things in life: flower gardens, ice cream cones, diamond rings, dances under moonlight, children’s laughter, birdsongs, and the like. The challenge is recognizing things of value in the dark, sour, uglier parts of life. But if you look hard enough, you will find that even tough times offer pearls worthy of gratitude.
— Richelle E. Goodrich, Slaying Dragons
Love is prayerfulness groping toward godliness. Love is poetry born out of the sheer joy of being. Love is song, dance, celebration: a song of gratitude, a dance of thankfulness, celebration for no reason at all, for this tremendous gift that goes on showering on us, for this whole universe, from the dust to the divine.
— Osho, The Power of Love
As long as I live, I can only be grateful.
— Lailah Gifty Akita
Life is a gift. Live it with gratitude.
— Lailah Gifty Akita
As long as we are grateful, we shall be glad.
— Lailah Gifty Akita
Life is not so bad after all when you can breathe.
— Boniface Sagini, Thrills and Chills: Trudging Through Life
Find much to be grateful for in every day. Doing so will not only enrich your life, it will bless those around you in ways you may never know.
— Richelle E. Goodrich, Slaying Dragons
Gratitude possesses all the energy of a sunbeam. That is how it makes life blossom.
— Richelle E. Goodrich, Slaying Dragons
Night helps us appreciate daylight, while lengthy days make us yearn for a good stretch of night.
— Richelle E. Goodrich, Slaying Dragons
Seek the good in life and life will be good to you.
— Jenni Young
Think not so much of what you lack as of what you have: but of the things that you have, select the best, and then reflect on how eagerly you would have sought them if you did not have them.
— Marcus Aurelius, Meditations
When you feel thankful, you can be appreciative for a moment, then not at all the next. It seems the tank is full, then it becomes empty, and the cycle continues. If you don't feel the same gratitude for a moment, know that it's possible in the next moment that comes around.
— J.R. Rim
Gratitude will make you feel great, choose to be grateful.
— Gift Gugu Mona
Gratitude houses plenitude amidst scarcity.
— Sravani Saha Nakhro
Loyalty starts with a demonstration of respect and gratitude.
— Chip Bell
If you woke up tomorrow to only the things you've expressed your gratitude for today, then what would be missing from your life in the morning?
— Nanette Mathews
I choose to say it is well even when it is not, because in every situation I find myself in, I still learn from it.
— Gift Gugu Mona
In an expression of attitude or building character, we forgot real gratitude. In an artificial expression, we lost our real identity and longing to become something, it's never ending process. So, are you willing to look inside? And take the journey from attitude to gratitude.
— Abhinav Rajput
And now in my tenderness of remembering it all again, I think I am still there with him too. I am there with all the others, most of them gone but some who are still here, who gave me love and called forth love from me. When I number them over, I am surprised how many there are. And so I have to say that another of the golden threads is gratitude.I was grateful because I knew, even in my fear and grief, that my life had been filled with gifts.
— Wendell Berry, Hannah Coulter
The older I get, the more I seem to be able to appreciate my "neighbor" (whomever I happen to be with at the moment). Oh, sure, I've always tried to love my neighbor as myself; however, the more experiences I've had, the more chances I've had to see the uniqueness of each person... as well as each tree, and plant, and shell, and cloud... the more I find myself delighting every day in the lavish gifts of God, whom I've come to believe is the greatest appreciator of all.
— Fred Rogers, The World According to Mister Rogers: Important Things to Remember
Tea- The sweetness of love,The fragrance of flowers,The comfort of a friend,The warmth of a hug-Such great delight gingerly poured from a single pink teapot.
— Zakiyya Rosebelle, The Happy Rosy Day Book, Happiness Blossoms: A Keepsake Gratitude Journal
If you look to others for fulfillment, you will never truly be fulfilled. If your happiness depends on money, you will never be happy with yourself. Be content with what you have; rejoice in that way things are. When you realize there is nothing lacking, the whole world belongs to you.
— M.J. Ryan, Attitudes of Gratitude: How to Give and Receive Joy Every Day of Your Life
Gratitude is the appreciation of things that are not deserved, earned or demanded - those wonderful things that we take for granted.
— Renée Paule
Open your box of blessings and take out something to smile about.
— Annonymous Doner
If someone treads on my hand accidentally, while trying to help me, the pain may be no less acute than if he treads on it in contemptuous disregard of my existence or with a malevolent wish to injure me. But I shall generally feel in the second case a kind and degree of resentment that I shall not feel in the first. If someone's actions help me to some benefit I desire, then I am benefited in any case; but if he intended them so to benefit me because of his general goodwill towards me, I shall reasonably feel a gratitude which I should not feel at all if the benefit was an accidental consequence unintended or even regretted by him, of some plan of action with a different aim.
— Peter Frederick Strawson, Freedom and Resentment and Other Essays
I looked around and thought about my life. I felt grateful. I noticed every detail. That is the key to time travel. You can only move if you are actually in the moment. You have to be where you are to get where you need to go.
— Amy Poehler, Yes Please
Gratitude is a species of love, excited in us by some action of the person for whom we have it, and by which we believe that he has done some good to us, or at least that he has had the intention of doing so. Passions, III, 193. XI, 473-474. Trans. John Morris
— René Descartes, Passions of the Soul
Nothing in life is yours to keep—not your children, not your friends and family, not your lover, not your material possessions, not your youth and vitality, not your struggles (which is great news) or successes, not your body and not even your life. Everything in life is given to you for a short period of time, to enjoy, to learn from, to appreciate and to love, but never to keep.
— Luminita D. Saviuc, 15 Things You Should Give Up to Be Happy: An Inspiring Guide to Discovering Effortless Joy
How could you fail to feel uplifted when a voice was telling you at every step that the year, month, day, season, place, even that very moment were blessed?
— Natalia Sanmartín Fenollera, The Awakening of Miss Prim
Be happy while you live life.
— Lailah Gifty Akita
Can't couldn't do it and could did it all.
— Aaron Walker, View from the Top: Living a Life of Significance
Every day, in which you exist on earth, be filled with deep gratitude.
— Lailah Gifty Akita
She did not even trouble herself much to show Godfrey her gratitude. We may spoil gratitude as we offer it, by insisting on its recognition. To receive honestly is the best thanks for a good thing.
— George MacDonald, Mary Marston
Gratitude is a powerful trait.
— Auliq-Ice
Gratitude gets us through the hard stuff...Gratitude always leaves us looking at God and away from dread.
— Max Lucado, You'll Get Through This: Hope and Help for Your Turbulent Times
It’s up to us to choose contentment and thankfulness now—and to stop imagining that we have to have everything perfect before we’ll be happy.
— Joanna Gaines, The Magnolia Story
That was as rough a thing as I ever heard tell of happening to a boy. And I'm mighty proud to learn how my boy stood up to it. You couldn't ask any more of a grown man... It's not a thing you can forget. I don't guess it's a thing you ought to forget. What I mean is, things like that happen. They may seem mighty cruel and unfair, but that's how life is part of the time. But that isn't the only way life is. A part of the time, it's mighty good. And a man can't afford to waste all the good part, worrying about the bad parts. That makes it all bad.
— Fred Gipson, Old Yeller
Those who are too arrogant to say thank you find boredom in life. They are often depressed, unhappy and lived an empty life.
— Sesan Kareem
Gratitude unlocks the door of opportunities, blessing, greatness and prosperity. Gratitude is your key to a worthy life.
— Sesan Kareem
The happiest people on earth are not those who have robust bank accounts, or all the good things in this world; but, they are those who truly embrace the attitude of gratitude. Some of these folks are poor, but are still very grateful for the little they have; for the peace of mind they enjoy, for the love in their lives, for the unity in their family and for all the ordinary things many people take for granted. They always focused, not on the things they are aspiring for, but for all the things God has used to bless their lives.
— Sesan Kareem
My heart is at ease knowing that what was meant for me will never miss me, and that what misses me was never meant for me.
— Imam Al-Shafii an 18th century Muslim jurist
I can only see life as this most miserable accident that I have been forced to endure simply because I refuse to see it as the most astounding plan that I have been privileged to engage.
— Craig D. Lounsbrough
We cannot fully heal if we cannot experience gratitude on a daily basis.
— Sharon E. Rainey, The Best Part of My Day Healing Journal
Greed and Lust never say, "Enough!
— Ron Brackin
Gratitude is what you feel. Thanksgiving is what you do.
— Timothy J. Keller
Don't let your 'future success' dim the beauty and light that's in front of you right now.
— Taryn Garland, Love Sum (theLOVESUM.com)
Once we forget those who have contributed time and effort in making an endeavor successful, we forget ourselves.
— Beem Weeks
Life works with balance. If you give and receive out of giving, you create a balance with life. You serve life, before you expect life to serve you.
— Roshan Sharma
We are like poor people, who have nothing but each other, and are happy.
— Mark Helprin, Freddy and Fredericka
When we have loved, that loving part is the best part of any and every day.
— Sharon E. Rainey, The Best Part of My Day Healing Journal
Gratitude does not mean the absence of solitude, but the presence of a positive attitude in spite of.
— Gift Gugu Mona
Sweep away the dirt,Let's get a little messy.Underneath is love.
— Taryn Garland, Love Sum (theLOVESUM.com)
Gratitude is a way of life. Gratitude is the way home.
— Angie karan
Cicero said that gratitude is not only the greatest of virtues, but the parent of all others. If that’s true, then my happiness does not cause me to be grateful for what I have. My gratitude for what I have causes me to be happy. Gratitude births the virtue of happiness.
— Jennifer Dukes Lee, The Happiness Dare: Pursuing Your Heart's Deepest, Holiest, and Most Vulnerable Desire
Aim for happiness because if you keep looking to reach perfection, you're never going to appreciate anything.
— Karen A. Baquiran
You must understand that it is not in the nature of Man to be grateful. So in whatever you or I do for others we must never expect gratitude. If we do, we will only be disappointed.
— S R Nathan
An aware heart is a grateful heart.
— Toni Sorenson, Aligned By Christ
We can never bring anything to us unless we are grateful for what we have. In fact, if somebody were completely and utterly grateful for everything, they would never have to ask for anything, because it would be given to them before they even asked.
— Rhonda Byrne, How The Secret Changed My Life: Real People. Real Stories.
In the modern world we are surrounded by so much abundance that we cannot see it.
— Chris Matakas, The Tao of Jiu Jitsu
The true poetic feeling is a feeling of boundless gratitude.
— Marty Rubin
You can't be passionate about gratitude and be crippled by ingratitude.
— Bamigboye Olurotimi