“I am very grateful to the electronic world for making my life easier, but there is something about holding a book - the smell and the world of association. Even when e-books are perfected, as they surely will be, it will be like being in bed with a very well-made robot rather than a warm, soft, human being whom you love.” WorldHumansWellsMadeBookHuman BeingsEasierBedGratefulWarmSmellAssociationRobots Author:Anne Fadiman
“The good husbands understand and offer to help. "All you have to do is ask" they say. But even helpful husbands have to be thanked, their contributions acknowledged, credit given. All those pleases and thank yous. Being grateful takes time and energy. It's often easier to do it yourself.” HelpingAsksEnergyGivenEasierPleaseOffersHusbandGratefulCreditContributionHelpfulTake TimeBe GratefulTime And EnergyDo It YourselfGood Husband Author:Bettina Arndt
“Surely, if we take on thinking partners - or, at the least, thinking servants - in the form of machines, we will be more comfortable with them, and will relate to them more easily, if they are shaped like humans. It will be easier to be friends with human-shaped robots than with specialized machines of unrecognizable shape. And I sometimes think that, in the desperate straits of humanity today, we would be grateful to have nonhuman friends, even if they are only the friends we build ourselves.” IfsThinkingHumansSometimesWould BeTodayFormHumanityEasierShapesComfortableMachinesGratefulPartnersRelateServantDesperateBe GratefulRobots Author:Isaac Asimov
“I suppose we must work on being gracious and grateful until we can do for ourselves. Someday the wheel of fate will put us in a position to be of use to them, and we will remember how much easier it is to give help than it is to accept it.” GivingHelpingUseRememberCan DoAcceptingFatePositionEasierGratefulWheelsSomedayGracious Book:River Marked Source: River Marked
“It is easier to be grateful for the things we have than to the people who have helped us get them.” PeopleEasierGratitudeGratefulBe GratefulBeing Thankful Author:Michael Josephson
“No life is so hard that you can't make it easier by the way you take it for example by seeing it how it could be worse and then being grateful it isn't.” WayHardLife IsSeeingExampleEasierGratitudeGratefulBe Grateful Author:Ellen Glasgow