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"If I'm feeling hurt, sad, lonely, depressed, and then I shame myself for feeling that, then that's a black hole for me. I really have worked a lot to meet pain with both gratitude and gentleness."
"Human felicity is produced not as much by great pieces of good fortune that seldom happen as by little advantages that occur every day."
"Gratitude is a divine attitude in the wisdom traditions. It takes you out from the ego self and takes you into the higher self. That higher state of consciousness initiates self repair, self regulation and healing."
"Gratitude is one of the most effective ways of getting in touch with your soul."
"We ought to approach this challenge [of global warming] with a sense of profound joy and gratitude: that we are the generation about which, a thousand years from now, philharmonic orchestras and poets and singers will celebrate by saying, they were the ones that found it within themselves to solve this crisis and lay the basis for a bright and optimistic human future."
"Thanks to my work everything's going well; it's a great consolation."
"It was critical to finding a way out. I had assumed young women knew the history of feminism and must have felt gratitude to the movement for the opportunities that the work we have done has afforded them."
"The world is progressing and resources are becoming more abundant. I'd rather go into a grocery store today than a king's banquet a hundred years ago."
"Just because you like my stuff doesn't mean I owe you anything."
"Mindfully practicing authenticity during our most soul-searching struggles is how we invite grace, joy and gratitude into our lives."
"I don't have to chase extraordinary moments to find happiness - it's right in front of me if I'm paying attention and practicing gratitude."
"My profession lent itself nicely to my vocation for heights. It freed me of any bitterness towards my fellow men, who were alwaysin my debt, without my owing them anything. It placed me above the judge whom, I in turn judged, above the defendant whom I forced into gratitude."
"As soon as man does not take his existence for granted, but beholds it as something unfathomably mysterious, thought begins."
"And now, farewell to kindness, humanity and gratitude... I have substituted myself for Providence in rewarding the good; may the God of vengeance now yield me His place to punish the wicked."
"So every single day, I found something to be grateful for and that's a powerful lesson."
"My gratitude for good writing is unbounded; I’m grateful for it the way I’m grateful for the ocean."
"I did not raise my son, Sam, to celebrate Mother's Day. I didn't want him to feel some obligation to buy me pricey lunches or flowers, some annual display of gratitude that you have to grit your teeth and endure."
"The dismal half-baked images of the average "reportage" and "documentary" photography are self dammning... the slick manner, the slightly obscure significance, the esoteric fear of simple beauty for its own sake - I am deeply concerned with these manifestations of decay. Gene Smith's work validates my most vigorous convictions that if the documentary photographs is to be truly effective it must contain elements of art, intensity, fine craft and spirituality. All these his work contains and we may turn to his work with gratitude, appreciation and great respect."
"Upon awakening, let the words Thank You flow from your lips, for this will remind you to begin your day with gratitude and compassion."
"The first step toward discarding a scarcity mentality involves giving thanks for everything that you have."
