“Joy is the simplest form of gratitude.”

“The root of joy is gratefulness… It is not joy that makes us grateful; it is gratitude that makes us joyful.”

“Love of God is pure when joy and suffering inspire an equal degree of gratitude.”

“We're a nation hungry for more joy: Because we're starving from a lack of gratitude.”

“A child of God should be a visible Beatitude, for joy and happiness, and a living Doxology, for gratitude and adoration.”

“I was assailed by memories of a life that wasn't mine anymore, but one in which I'd found the simplest and most lasting joys.”

“There is much to weep about. But it is a sin to permit our tears to drown out our song of gratitude and joy in the gift of creation.”

“A great sentiment can be rendered immediately. Dream on it and look for the simplest form in which you can express it.”

“I would maintain that thanks are the highest form of thought, and that gratitude is happiness doubled by wonder.”

“Our purest form of joy comes when people we envy get hurt. That most genuine form of joy.”