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David Steindl-Rast is a German-born monk and writer known for his research on gratitude. His works explore the role of gratitude in personal and spiritual life, as well as how it can promote the well-being of individuals and societies.

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“Order is the disposition of things in which each gives to the other its room, its own proper place. That's the external aspect. The other is that order that springs from love: there's no other way of establishing order except through love.”

Way Giving Order Rooms Spring Aspect Disposition

Author:David Steindl-Rast

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

Love Giving Spirituality Gratitude Praise Thanks Godly Fullness Thankful Gratitude Wholeheartedly Spiritual Awareness Inspirational Gratitude Fullness Of Life

Book:Gratefulness, the Heart of Prayer: An Approach to Life in Fullness

Source: Gratefulness, the Heart of Prayer: An Approach to Life in Fullness

“The greatest gift one can give is thanksgiving. In giving gifts, we give what we can spare, but in giving thanks we give ourselves.”

Giving Gratitude Thanks Spares Greatest Gifts Giving In Gift Giving

Book:Gratefulness, the Heart of Prayer: An Approach to Life in Fullness

Source: Gratefulness, the Heart of Prayer: An Approach to Life in Fullness

“Gratitude is here presented as more than a feeling, a virtue, or an experience; gratitude emerges as an attitude we can freely choose in order to create a better life for ourselves and for others. The Nigerian Hausa put it this way: Give thanks for a little and you will find a lot.”

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Author:David Steindl-Rast

“There is no closer bond than the one that gratefulness celebrates, the bond between giver and thanksgiver. Everything is a gift. Grateful living is a celebration of the universal give-and-take of life, a limitless yes to belonging. Can our world survive without gratefulness? Whatever the answer, one thing is certain: to say an unconditional yes to the mutual belonging of all beings will make this a more joyful world. This is the reason why Yes is my favorite synonym for God.”

“Gratefulness is the inner gesture of giving meaning to our life by receiving life as gift.”

Giving Our Lives Gratitude Receiving Gestures Gratefulness

Book:Gratefulness, the Heart of Prayer: An Approach to Life in Fullness

Source: Gratefulness, the Heart of Prayer: An Approach to Life in Fullness

“As we learn to give thanks for all of life and death, for all of this given world of ours, we find a deep joy. It is the joy of trust, the joy of faith in the faithfulness at the heart of all things. It is the joy of gratefulness in touch with the fullness of life.”

World Giving Heart Joy Given All Things Thanks Life And Death Faithfulness Fullness Gratefulness Fullness Of Life

Author:David Steindl-Rast