David Steindl-Rast Quotes

The root of joy is gratefulness...It is not joy that makes us grateful; it is gratitude that makes us joyful.

Gratefulness is the key to a happy life that we hold in our hands, because if we are not grateful, then no matter how much we have we will not be happy — because we will always want to have something else or something more.

Everything is a gift. The degree to which we are awake to this truth is a measure of our gratefullness, and gratefullness is a measure of our aliveness.

People who have faith in life are like swimmers who entrust themselves to a rushing river. They neither abandon themselves to its current nor try to resist it. Rather, they adjust their every movement to the watercourse, use it with purpose and skill, and enjoy the adventure.

We are never more than one grateful thought away from peace of heart.

Love wholeheartedly, be surprised, give thanks and praise then you will discover the fullness of your life.

Any place is sacred ground, for it can become a place of encounter with the divine Presence.