Quotes from David Steindl-Rast

Truth is something we discover by carrying it out. It is not a list of statements, but a direction of life.

Home and journey together constitute the creative polarity of the heart, the two dimensions we must cultivate if we want to 'develop the heart.

Happiness does not lead to gratitude. Gratitude leads to happiness.

Any change in attitude changes the way one sees the world, and this in turn changes the way one acts.

Beauty seen makes the one who sees it more beautiful.

I compare tradition to a water main: the church suffers from the syndrome of rusty piping. If we could look into our subterranean water systems we would never drink water again. And yet they bring us clean water, even when they are rusty.

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.

Volite cijelim srcem, Budite iznena?eni, Zahvaljujte se i hvalite - Tad ?ete otkriti Ispunjenost svog života.

In the continuous flow of blessing our heart finds meaning and rest.

The you must be there for the I to find itself. Trust in you gives me trust in myself. In the encounter between the you and the I, faith is born. I am so truly I because I have faith in you. Only the I that comes about through faith can have faith.

In daily life we must see that it is not happiness that makes us grateful, but gratefulness that makes us happy.

From experience we know that whenever we are truly awake and alive, we are also truly grateful.

Faith is the courageous confidence that trusts in the Source of all gifts.

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