“Joy is the simplest form of gratitude.”
Karl Barth (1886–1968) Swiss Protestant theologian
As quoted in Finding the Magnificent in Lower Mundane : Extraordinary Stories About An Ordinary Place (1994) by Bob Stromberg, p. 69.
“Gratitude, not understanding, is the secret to joy and equanimity.”
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Chinmayananda Saraswati (1916–1993) Indian spiritual teacher
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“The gratitude of most men is but a secret desire to receive even greater benefits.”
François de La Rochefoucauld book Reflections; or Sentences and Moral Maxims
La reconnaissance de la plupart des hommes n'est qu'une secrète envie de recevoir de plus grands bienfaits.
Variant translation: Gratitude is the lively expectation of favours yet to come.
Maxim 298. Compare: "The gratitude of place-expectants is a lively sense of future favours", attributed to Sir Robert Walpole.
Reflections; or Sentences and Moral Maxims (1665–1678)
“Love of God is pure when joy and suffering inspire an equal degree of gratitude.”
Simone Weil book Gravity and Grace
Source: Gravity and Grace
“We're a nation hungry for more joy: Because we're starving from a lack of gratitude.”
Brené Brown (1965) US writer and professor
Source: The Gifts of Imperfection: Let Go of Who You Think You're Supposed to Be and Embrace Who You Are
Charles Spurgeon (1834–1892) British preacher, author, pastor and evangelist
Source: Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895), P. 104.
“The secret of joy is the mastery of pain.”
Anaïs Nin (1903–1977) writer of novels, short stories, and erotica
“The joys of parents are secret; and so are their griefs and fears.”
Francis Bacon book Essays
Of Parents and Children
Essays (1625)
Context: The joys of parents are secret; and so are their griefs and fears. They cannot utter the one; nor they will not utter the other.