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Gratefulness is the gallantry of a heart ready to rise to the opportunity a given moment offers.
— David Steindl-Rast
Our happiness hinges not on good luck; it hinges on peace of heart.
— David Steindl-Rast
Only gratefulness, in the form of limitless openness for surprise, lays hold of the fullness of life in hope.
— David Steindl-Rast
Any change in attitude changes the way one sees the world, and this in turn changes the way one acts.
— David Steindl-Rast
We are never more than one grateful thought away from peace of heart.
— David Steindl-Rast
Home and journey together constitute the creative polarity of the heart, the two dimensions we must cultivate if we want to 'develop the heart.
— David Steindl-Rast
Any place is sacred ground, for it can become a place of encounter with the divine Presence.
— David Steindl-Rast
Love wholeheartedly, be surprised, give thanks and praise then you will discover the fullness of your life.
— David Steindl-Rast
In moments of surprise we catch at least a glimpse of the joy to which gratefulness opens the door.
— David Steindl-Rast
What brings fulfillment is gratefulness, the simple response of our heart to this life in all its fullness.
— David Steindl-Rast
Impatience makes us get ahead of ourselves, reaching out for something in the future and not really being content with where we are, here and now.
— David Steindl-Rast
Each string of a wind harp responds with a different note to the same breeze. What activity makes you personally resonate most strongly, most deeply?
— David Steindl-Rast
The root of joy is gratefulness ... It is not joy that makes us grateful; it is gratitude that makes us joyful.
— David Steindl-Rast
The gift within every gift is always opportunity.
— Steindl Rast David
Gratefulness is the inner gesture of giving meaning to our life by receiving life as gift.
— David Steindl-Rast
If you're really mind-full, and if you underline that aspect of fullness, wholeness, or wholeheartedness, it reveals the gift character of everything.
— David Steindl-Rast
Eyes see only light, ears hear only sound, but a listening heart perceives meaning.
— David Steindl-Rast
Life is given to us; every moment is given. The only appropriate response therefore is gratefulness.
— Steindl Rast David
By looking up, by raising our eyes above our limited horizon, we are more likely to perceive the blessings hidden in affliction.
— David Steindl-Rast
"The root of joy is gratefulness."
— David Steindl-Rast
The goal is partly the enjoyment; it doesn't come later, but within the very process of the struggle.
— David Steindl-Rast
Blessing is the lifeblood throbbing through the universe.
— David Steindl-Rast
Gratefulness is the great task, the how of our spiritual work, because, rightly understood, it re-roots us.
— David Steindl-Rast
From experience we know that whenever we are truly awake and alive, we are also truly grateful.
— David Steindl-Rast
The hope that is left after all your hopes are gone - that is pure hope, rooted in the heart.
— David Steindl-Rast
What is necessary when we want to face reality? Stillness.
— David Steindl-Rast
One single gift acknowledged in gratefulness has the power to dissolve the ties of our alienation.
— David Steindl-Rast
Gratefulness is that fullness of life for which we are all thirsting.
— David Steindl-Rast
Gratefulness has the courage to trust and so overcomes fear.
— David Steindl-Rast
Can you be grateful for everything? No. But in every moment.
— David Steindl-Rast
At any moment the fully present mind can shatter time and burst into Now.
— David Steindl-Rast
If you learn to respond as if it's the first day in your life and the very last day, then you will have spent this day very well.
— David Steindl-Rast
The universe is gratis. It cannot be earned, nor need it be earned.
— David Steindl-Rast
Faith is the courageous confidence that trusts in the Source of all gifts.
— David Steindl-Rast
" ... Grateful living makes life meaningful and full of joy."
— David Steindl-Rast
Truth is something we discover by carrying it out. It is not a list of statements, but a direction of life.
— David Steindl-Rast
Beauty seen makes the one who sees it more beautiful.
— David Steindl-Rast
Love is saying yes to belonging.
— David Steindl-Rast
The artist ought to know that a thousand painful deaths always lead into greater life.
— David Steindl-Rast
Look closely and you will find that people are happy because they are grateful. The opposite of gratefulness is just taking everything for granted.
— David Steindl-Rast
The greatest gift one can give is thanksgiving. In giving gifts, we give what we can spare, but in giving thanks we give ourselves.
— David Steindl-Rast
Joy is that kind of happiness that does not depend on what happens.
— David Steindl-Rast
