What is man, when you come to think upon him, but a minutely set, ingenious machine for turning, with infinite artfulness, the red wine of Shiraz into urine?

Isak Dinesen (1934)

Silent gratitude isn't much use to anyone.

GB [Gladys Bertha] Stern

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

Albert Clarke

It is easier to forgive an enemy than to forgive a friend.

William Blake (1757-1827)

The essence of all beautiful art, all great art, is gratitude.

Friedrich Nietzsche (1844-1900)