See how many are better off than you are, but consider how many are worse.

Appreciation is the highest form of prayer, for it acknowledges the presence of good wherever you shine the light of your thankful thoughts.

Feelings of worth can flourish only in an atmosphere where individual differences are appreciated, mistakes are tolerated, communication is open, and rules are flexible. The kind of atmosphere that is found in a nurturing family.

A human being has a natural desire to have more of a good thing than they need.

To appreciate the beauty of a snowflake, it is necessary to stand out in the cold.

Live each season as it passes; breathe the air, drink the drink, taste the fruit, and resign yourself to the influences of each.

Sometimes you will never know the value of a moment until it becomes a memory.

Be present in all things and thankful for all things.

There are slavish souls who carry their appreciation of favors done them so far that they strangle themselves with the rope of gratitude.

I have sometimes been wildly, despairingly, acutely miserable, racked with sorrow, but through it all I still know quite certainly that just to be alive is a grand thing.

Gratitude is the way to happiness.

Your depression is connected to your insolence and refusal to praise.

May your troubles be less and your blessings be more.

Your body is precious. It is our vehicle for awakening. Treat it with care.

I often think that the night is more alive and more richly colored than the day.

All that is important in this moment is movement. Make the movement vital and worth living. Do not let it slip away unnoticed and unused.

The more I study science the more I believe in God.

Where the senses fail us, reason must step in.

Men in general judge more from appearances than from reality. All men have eyes, but few have the gift of penetration.

You write in order to change the world…the world changes according to the way people see it, and if you alter, even but a millimetre the way people look at reality, then you change it.

Why look for conspiracy when stupidity can explain so much.

The growth of the mind is the widening of the range of consciousness, and . . . each step forward has been a most painful and laborious achievement.