"Gratefulness is the great task, the how of our spiritual work, because, rightly understood, it re-roots us."

-- David Steindl-Rast

#Spiritual Quotes #Gratitude Quotes #Roots Quotes

“President Obama is launching a new $6 billion space policy that will ultimately take astronauts to Mars. Of course, it's $6 billion and $45 if the astronauts have a carry-on.”
“One must first seek to love plants and nature, and then to cultivate that happy peace of mind which is satisfied with little. He will be happier if he has no rigid and arbitrary ideals, for gardens are coquettish, particularly with the novice.”
“There are people who do De Niro and Walken impersonations.”
“In all of us there is a hunger, marrow-deep, to know our heritage, to know who we are and where we came from.”

Source : Alex Haley (2007). “Alex Haley: The Man Who Traced America's Roots”, Reader's Digest Association
“You may live a long while with some people and be on friendly terms with them and never speak openly with them from your soul.”
“The beauty of jazz is that it's malleable. People are addressing it to suit their own personalities.”
“God's big enough that small doesn't matter.”
“Let's get ready to rumble!”

Source : Quoted in Newsday, 4 Feb. 1989

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