Quotes about Gratitude

When looked outside, right into the depth of Nature and God, then I was happy, really happy.

I lie in bed at night, after ending my prayers with the words 'Ich danke dir für all das Gute und Liebe und Schöne' (Thank you, God, for all that is good and dear and beautiful)

This of all the misery in the world and be thankful that you are not sharing in it.

Because still, in spite of everything, I have not enough faith in God. He has given me so much - which I certainly do not deserve - and I still do so much that is wrong every day.

I'm blessed with many things: happiness, a cheerful disposition and strength.

I don't think of all the misery but of the beauty that still remains.

in spite of everything, I still don't have enough faith in God. He's given me so much, which I don't deserve, and yet each day I make so many mistakes!

At such moments I don't think about all the misery, but about the beauty that still remains. This is where Mother and I differ greatly. Her advice in the face of melancholy is: Think about all the suffering in the world and be thankful you're not part of it. My advice is: Go outside, to the country, enjoy the sun and all nature has to offer. Go outside and try to recapture the happiness within yourself; think of all the beauty in yourself and in everything around you and be happy.

People with religion should be glad, for not everyone has the gift of believing in heavenly things.

My life here has gotten better, much better. God has not forsaken me, and He never will.

It is unearned love--the love that goes before, that greets us on the way. It's the help you receive when you have no bright ideas left, when you are empty and desperate and have discovered that your best thinking and most charming charm have failed you. Grace is the light or electricity or juice or breeze that takes you from that isolated place and puts you with others who are as startled and embarrassed and eventually grateful as you are to be there.

Here are the two best prayers I know: 'Help me, help me, help me' and 'Thank you, thank you, thank you.