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    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.".

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When you are grateful fear disappears and abundance appears

When you are grateful fear disappears and abundance appears

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Two kinds of gratitude: The sudden kind we feel for what we take; the larger kind we feel for what read more

Two kinds of gratitude: The sudden kind we feel for what we take; the larger kind we feel for what we give.

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Gratitude is the heart's memory.

Gratitude is the heart's memory.

by French Proverb Found in: Gratitude Quotes,
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Nothing tires a man more than to be grateful all the time.

Nothing tires a man more than to be grateful all the time.

by Ed Howe Found in: Gratitude Quotes,
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To speak gratitude is courteous and pleasant, to enact gratitude is generous and noble, but to live gratitude is to read more

To speak gratitude is courteous and pleasant, to enact gratitude is generous and noble, but to live gratitude is to touch Heaven.

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Remember that not to be happy is not to be grateful.

Remember that not to be happy is not to be grateful.

by Elizabeth Carter Found in: Gratitude Quotes,
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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.

by Saiom Shriver Found in: Gratitude Quotes,
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Now the good gods forbid
That our renowned Rome, whose gratitude
Towards her deserved children is enrolled
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Now the good gods forbid
That our renowned Rome, whose gratitude
Towards her deserved children is enrolled
In Jove's own book, like an unnatural dam
Should now eat up her own!

by William Shakespeare Found in: Gratitude Quotes,
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Thanks are justly due for things got without purchase.
[Lat., Gratia pro rebus merito debetur inemtis.]

Thanks are justly due for things got without purchase.
[Lat., Gratia pro rebus merito debetur inemtis.]

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