“Books leave gestures in the body; a certain way of moving, of turning, a certain closing of the eyes, a way of leaving, hesitations. Books leave certain sounds, a certain pacing; mostly they leave the elusive, which is all the story. They leave much more than the words.”
Grateful feeling
Grateful Quotes — page 209 of 709
“Even now, if I am thinking about spending a lot of money on clothing or furniture, I think 'I can't spend so much money on one thing; my poor old Daddy could have raised his family five years on that!'”
“What does it matter? Science has achieved some wonderful things, of course, but I'd far rather be happy than right any day.”
“No matter how little you have, you can always give some of it away.”
“Between the mouth and the morsel many things may happen.”
“It opens the lungs, washes the countenance, exercises the eyes, and softens down the temper; so cry away.”
“God bless us, every one!”
“Every baby born into the world is a finer one than the last.”
“The Library is the heart of the University.”
“Every time I say thanks or thank you to a random person they blush and say you're welcome.”
“I've saved every dime I've made in my life.”
“I walked all those miles, I learned all those lessons. It's as if my new life was the gift I got at the end of a long struggle.”
“There is a certain increase in the importance I assign to women in getting us out of the mess that we are in, which is a reflection of the role of women in my traditional culture - that they do not interfere in politics until men really make such a mess that the society is unable to go backward or forward. Then women will move in.”
“Faithfulness and sincerity are the highest things.”
“If a man has no humaneness what can his propriety be like? If a man has no humaneness what can his happiness be like?”
“With coarse rice to eat, with water to drink, and my bent arm for a pillow - I have still joy in the midst of all these things.”
“Old age, believe me, is a good and pleasant thing. It is true you are gently shouldered off the stage, but then you are given such a comfortable front stall as spectator.”
“Without Goodness one cannot enjoy enduring happiness”
“The people who are successful are those who are grateful for everything they have. Giving thanks for what we have always opens the door for more to come, and ungratefulness always closes the door.”
“Forgiveness is a gift of high value. Yet its cost is nothing.”