"Love is, in fact, an intensification of life, a completeness, a fullness, a wholeness of life."
- Thomas Merton
Love
"The beginning of love is to let those we love be perfectly themselves, and not to twist them to fit our own image. Otherwise we love only the reflection of ourselves we find in them."
- Thomas Merton
Love
"Love is our true destiny. We do not find the meaning of life by ourselves alone—we find it with another."
- Thomas Merton
Love
"Love is our true destiny. We do not find the meaning of life by ourselves alone — we find it with another."
- Thomas Merton
Love
"There is only one desire: to find the promised land and the freedom of a pure love that is without concern for anything else but love."
- Thomas Merton
Love
"When you arise in the morning, think of what a privilege it is to be alive, to think, to enjoy, to love."
- Marcus Aurelius
Gratitude
"To get happier, try gratitude, giving back, savoring, encouraging your optimism, and celebrating progress."
- Jonathan Harnum
Gratitude
"Be thankful for everything that happens in your life; it’s all an experience."
- Roy T. Bennett
Gratitude
"Sometimes the little things in life mean the most."
- Ellen Hopkins
Gratitude
"The two words that will change your life are 'thank you'. Like a candle that can light a thousand more without shortening its own life, appreciation is a gift that, when given, can set the whole world aglow."
- Stacey Lee
Gratitude