"The appropriate demeanor for a human is to feel lucky that he is alive and to humble himself in the face of the immensity of things and have a beer."

-- Kary Mullis

"Gratitude is always about paying attention, deliberately beholding and appreciating the other."

-- Margaret Visser

"People who express gratitude create pools of generosity in the world around them."

-- Martha Beck

"I gratefully enjoy what comes from the outside but depend on nothing."

-- Karl Wilhelm Von Humboldt

"The litmus test for self-realization is a constant state of gratitude."

-- Byron Katie

"Conversation enriches the understanding, but gratitude is the school of genius."

-- Edward Gibbon

"It is gratefulness which makes the soul great."

-- Abraham Herschel