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Feeling gratitude and not expressing it is like wrapping a present and not giving it.
Feeling gratitude and not expressing it is like wrapping a present and not giving it.
Gratitude is not only the greatest of virtues, but the parent of all the others.
Gratitude is not only the greatest of virtues, but the parent of all the others.
That possession which we gain by the sword is not lasting;
gratitude for benefits eternal.
[Lat., Non est read more
That possession which we gain by the sword is not lasting;
gratitude for benefits eternal.
[Lat., Non est diuturna possessio in quam gladio ducimus;
beneficiorum gratia sempiterna est.]
Because gratification of a desire leads to the temporary stilling of the mind and the experience of the peaceful, joyful read more
Because gratification of a desire leads to the temporary stilling of the mind and the experience of the peaceful, joyful Self it's no wonder that we get hooked on thinking that happiness comes from the satisfaction of desires. This is the meaning of the old adage, "Joy is not in things, it is in us.".
It is a pleasure appropriate to man, for him to save a
fellow-man, and gratitude is acquired in no read more
It is a pleasure appropriate to man, for him to save a
fellow-man, and gratitude is acquired in no better way.
[Lat., Conveniens homini est hominem servare voluptas.
Et melius nulla quaeritur arte favor.]
Two kinds of gratitude: The sudden kind we feel for what we take; the larger kind we feel for what read more
Two kinds of gratitude: The sudden kind we feel for what we take; the larger kind we feel for what we give.
One can never pay in gratitude; one can only pay "in kind" somewhere else in life.
One can never pay in gratitude; one can only pay "in kind" somewhere else in life.
O Lord to You we give thanks
that in time Polish horses ... defeat Nazi tanks.
O Lord to You we give thanks
that in time Polish horses ... defeat Nazi tanks.
Gratitude, like love, is never a dependable international emotion.
Gratitude, like love, is never a dependable international emotion.
