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

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

“Sometimes people get the mistaken notion that spirituality is a separate department of life, the penthouse of existence. But rightly understood, it is a vital awareness that pervades all realms of our being... Wherever we may come alive, that is the area in which we are spiritual.”

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

“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.”

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