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It is only with gratitude that life becomes rich!

It is only with gratitude that life becomes rich!

Dietrich Bonhoeffer
Thank You, Thankful, Gratitude
Dietrich Bonhoeffer (2011). “Letters Papers from Prison”, p.52, Simon and Schuster

Gratitude changes the pangs of memory into a tranquil joy.

Dietrich Bonhoeffer
Gratitude, Memories, Being Thankful
Dietrich Bonhoeffer (2011). “Letters Papers from Prison”, p.79, Simon and Schuster

Fulfilled life is possible in spite of unfulfilled wishes.

Dietrich Bonhoeffer
Gratitude, Wish, Life Is

It is very easy to overestimate the importance of our own achievements in comparison with what we owe others.

Dietrich Bonhoeffer
Gratitude, Achievement, Easy
Dietrich Bonhoeffer (2011). “Letters Papers from Prison”, p.52, Simon and Schuster

We pray for the big things and forget to give thanks for the ordinary, small (and yet really not small) gifts.

Dietrich Bonhoeffer
Gratitude, Giving, Thankfulness
Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Samuel Wells (2015). “Life Together”, p.17, SCM Press

To be sure, God shall call you, and us, only at the hour that God has chosen. Until that hour, which lies in God's hand alone, we shall be protected even in the greatest danger; and from our gratitude for such protection ever new readiness surely arises for the final call

Dietrich Bonhoeffer
Gratitude, Lying, Hands

In normal life we hardly realize how much more we receive than we give, and life cannot be rich without such gratitude. It is so easy to overestimate the importance of our own achievements compared with what we owe to the help of others.

Dietrich Bonhoeffer
Gratitude, Grateful, Giving

...Gratitude transforms the torment of memory of good things now gone into silent joy. One bears what was lovely in the past not as a thorn but as a precious gift deep within, a hidden treasure of which one can always be certain.

Dietrich Bonhoeffer
Gratitude, Memories, Past

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