Gratitude, like love, is never a dependable international emotion.

Gratitude, like love, is never a dependable international emotion.

Let but the commons hear this testament,
Which (pardon me) I do not mean to read,
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Let but the commons hear this testament,
Which (pardon me) I do not mean to read,
And they would go and kiss dead Caesar's wounds
And dip their napkins in his sacred blood;
Yea, beg a hair of him for memory,
And dying, mention it within their wills,
Bequeathing it as a rich legacy
Upon their issue.

Gratitude is a duty which ought to be paid, but which none have a right to expect.

Gratitude is a duty which ought to be paid, but which none have a right to expect.

Gratitude is the heart's memory.

Gratitude is the heart's memory.

He that has satisfied his thirst turns his back on the well.

He that has satisfied his thirst turns his back on the well.

Gratitude is the fairest blossom which springs from the soul.

Gratitude is the fairest blossom which springs from the soul.

We seldom find people ungrateful so long as it is thought we can serve them.

We seldom find people ungrateful so long as it is thought we can serve them.

O Lord to You we give thanks
that in time Polish horses ... defeat Nazi tanks.

O Lord to You we give thanks
that in time Polish horses ... defeat Nazi tanks.

Because gratification of a desire leads to the temporary stilling of the mind and the experience of the peaceful, joyful read more

Because gratification of a desire leads to the temporary stilling of the mind and the experience of the peaceful, joyful Self it's no wonder that we get hooked on thinking that happiness comes from the satisfaction of desires. This is the meaning of the old adage, "Joy is not in things, it is in us.".