“If there is anything the artist or a true work of art teaches us, it is that variety and complexity really increase the unity, and that to achieve unity within a great variety of complexity is a greater achievement and more satisfying piece of art than to achieve unity with just a few elements, which is relatively easily achieved.” IfsArtArtistTeachGreaterPiecesAchieveElementsAchievementIncreaseUnityVarietyComplexityWorks Of ArtSatisfying Author: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.” IfsWantHeartTwoHomeTogetherCreativeJourneyDimensionsPolarityJourney Together Author: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.” IfsMindCharacterAspectRevelationsWholenessFullnessWholeheartedness Author:David Steindl-Rast
“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.” IfsWantLoveLifeMatterHandsHappinessKeysGratitudeGratefulInsightfulHappy LifeBe GratefulBeing HappyBeing ThankfulGreat HappinessGratefulnessThankful GratitudeThanksgiving And GratitudeThanksgiving GratitudeThankfulness And GratitudeKey To HappinessAttitude Of GratitudeGratitude For LifeGrateful ThankfulHappy And GratefulGrateful For LifeBeing Grateful For LifeGrateful And ThankfulGrateful HappyAlways Be Thankful Author:David Steindl-Rast
“"The Holy Spirit . . . wants to flow through us and realize all these wonderful possibilities in the world - if we only open ourselves and allow it to happen."” IfsWorldWantHappensSpiritReligionRealizingReligiousWonderfulPossibilityHolyFlowHoly Spirit Author: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.” IfsFirstsWellsLastsThis DayLast Day Author:David Steindl-Rast
“Day and night gifts keep pelting down on us. If we were aware of this, gratefulness would overwhelm us. But we go through life in a daze. A power failure makes us aware of what a gift electricity is; a sprained ankle lets us appreciate walking as a gift, a sleepless night, sleep. How much we are missing in life by noticing gifts only when we are suddenly deprived of them.” IfsNightSleepMissingWalkingAppreciateElectricityDeprivedDay And NightNoticingGratefulnessAnklesSleepless NightsDazePower Failure Author:David Steindl-Rast
