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

“In daily life we must see that it is not happiness that makes us grateful, but gratefulness that makes us happy.”

“One single gift acknowledged in gratefulness has the power to dissolve the ties of our alienation.”

“In moments of surprise we catch at least a glimpse of the joy to which gratefulness opens the door.”

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

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

“Try pausing right before and right after undertaking a new action, even something simple like putting a key in a lock to open a door. Such pauses take a brief moment, yet they have the effect of decompressing time and centering you.”