Quotes About Gratitude

If you dwell only in your suffering, you will miss paradise.

Live in a way that brings you joy and happiness, and then you'll be able to offer it to another person.

There is a power called kshanti, or capacity, and we all have it. The capacity to be happy is very precious. Someone who is able to be happy even when confronted with difficulties, has the capacity to offer light and a sense of joy to herself and to those around her. When we are near someone like this, we feel happy, also. Ask yourself, "Am I like that?" At first glance, you might think not. The seed is there. Practice joy.

As I breathe in I say, "Breathing legendary breaths," and as I breathe out I say, "Living legendary moments, wonderful moments." Happiness is there at every step, and I know that tomorrow I will have no regrets.

We already have enough time to be attentive to all the people and things that are most important to us, and we can live each moment to the fullest, knowing it is a wonderful moment, the only moment we really have.

If we do not have peace and joy at this moment, we can at least remember some peace and joy we experienced in the past or observe the peace and joy of others. We see that well-being is possible.

I am aware that happiness depends on my mental attitude and not on external conditions, and that I can live happily in the present moment simply by remembering that I already have more than enough conditions to be happy.

we practice the Five Contemplations before eating. The second Contemplation is, "May we eat with mindfulness and gratitude so as to be worthy to receive this food.

I am here, available to life. And life is available to me.

All the elements for your happiness are already here. There's no need to run, strive, search or struggle. Just be.

Imagine two hens about to be slaughtered, but they do not know it. One hen says to the other, "The rice is much tastier than the corn. The corn is slightly off." She is talking about relative joy. She does not realize that the real joy of this moment is the joy of not being slaughtered, the joy of being alive.

While you are walking, smile and be in the here and now, and you will transform that place into paradise.

En esta comida veo, con toda claridad, la presencia del universo entero sustentando mi existencia.

Without suffering, you cannot get the peace and joy you deserve.

People say walking on water is a miracle, but to me walking peacefully on earth is the real miracle

Ser capaz de detenerte y advertir el momento presente forma parte de la definición de felicidad. No es posible ser feliz en el futuro. No es una cuestión de creer en ello, sino de experimentarlo.

Suppose a friend who has come a long way to visit is having a cup of tea with us. Mindfulness helps the time we spend with her to be a time we won't forget.

The idea that doing dishes is unpleasant can occur to us only when we are not doing them. Once we're standing in front of the sink with our sleeves rolled up and our hands in warm water, it's really not bad at all.

'Get Out' was born out of the genius mind of Jordan Peele, to whom I will be forever grateful for believing in me and allowing me to help him tell a story so dear to him.

Eddie Jordan found me all the drives. If I am with Tyrrell today, it is because Eddie was there.

I count my blessings every day for getting to play Josh in 'Crazy Ex-Girlfriend.'

I love journalism and broadcasting. So I'm happy about my life and I wouldn't change a thing.

I have been luckier than anyone I know or even heard of. I had a very happy childhood, a good education, I enjoyed working as a teacher, journalist and author. I have loved a wonderful man for over 33 years, and I believe he loves me, too.

Every day is a new journey for me, and I feel like, in my lifetime, I've been blessed to experience such a lot.