Joy is the simplest form of gratitude.

It may be that when the angels go about their task praising God, they play only Bach. I am sure, however, that when they are together en famille they play Mozart.

Faith in God's revelation has nothing to do with an ideology which glorifies the status quo.

Laughter is the closest thing to the grace of God.

The best theology would need no advocates; it would prove itself.

Whether the angels play only Bach praising God, I am not quite sure. I am sure, however, that en famille they play Mozart.

Faith is never identical with piety.

Man can certainly flee from God... but he cannot escape him. He can certainly hate God and be hateful to God, but he cannot change into its opposite the eternal love of God which triumphs even in his hate.

No one can be saved - in virtue of what he can do. Everyone can be saved - in virtue of what God can do.

Men have never been good, they are not good and they never will be good.

Grace must find expression in life, otherwise it is not grace.

Jesus does not give recipes that show the way to God as other teachers of religion do. He is himself the way.

Joy is the simplest form of gratitude.

Jews have God's promise and if we Christians have it, too, then it is only as those chosen with them, as guests in their house, that we are new wood grafted onto their tree.

In the Church of Jesus Christ there can and should be no non-theologians.

What God chooses for us children of men is always the best.

Religion is the possibility of the removal of every ground of confidence except confidence in God alone.

It is always the case that when the Christian looks back, he is looking at the forgiveness of sins.

Conscience is the perfect interpreter of life.

Impossibility is more possible than everything which we hold to be possible.

Holy Communion is offered to all as surely as the living Jesus Christ is for all as surely as all of us are not divided in him but belong together as brothers and sisters all of us poor sinners all of us rich through his mercy. Amen.

The Devil may also make use of morality.

Man can certainly flee from God but he cannot escape him. He can certainly hate God and be hateful to God but he cannot change into its opposite the eternal love of God which triumphs even in his hate.

No one can be saved in virtue of what he can do. Everyone can be saved in virtue of what God can do.

True theology is an actual determination and claiming of man by the acting God.

The dedication of the United States Air Force, Special Forces, and others involved in the mission to tracking down terrorists can not be matched. We express our gratitude to these men and women who defend the freedom America represents.

Our nation owes a debt of gratitude to the 9/11 Commission members for their valuable service and important recommendations to improve homeland security.

Whenever we have thanked these men and women for what they have done for us, without exception they have expressed gratitude for having the chance to help - because they grew as they served.

I have had friends who have acted kindly towards me, and it has been my good fortune to have it in my power to give them substantial proofs of my gratitude.

When someone saves your life and gives you life, there's gratitude, humility; there's a time you've been so blessed you realize you've been given another chance at life that maybe you did or didn't deserve.

Happiness cannot be traveled to, owned, earned, worn or consumed. Happiness is the spiritual experience of living every minute with love, grace, and gratitude.

Gratitude is a burden upon our imperfect nature, and we are but too willing to ease ourselves of it, or at least to lighten it as much as we can.

Gratitude is a duty which ought to be paid, but which none have a right to expect.

When it comes to life the critical thing is whether you take things for granted or take them with gratitude.

I owe a debt of gratitude to two other living Justices. Sandra Day O'Connor and Ruth Bader Ginsburg paved the way for me and so many other women in my generation. Their pioneering lives have created boundless possibilities for women in the law. I thank them for their inspiration and also for the personal kindnesses they have shown me.

As we continue to fight the war on terror, we express our gratitude to our troops whose valor over the last three years provided freedom to the Iraqis, while protecting our liberty here at home.

Gratitude unlocks the fullness of life. It turns what we have into enough, and more. It turns denial into acceptance, chaos to order, confusion to clarity. It can turn a meal into a feast, a house into a home, a stranger into a friend.

These are some of the things for which we believe the American people owe no little gratitude to the Dutch; and these are the things for which today, speaking in the name of the American people, we venture to express their heartfelt thanks.

Revenge is profitable, gratitude is expensive.

Gratitude is the most exquisite form of courtesy.

There are slavish souls who carry their appreciation for favors done them so far that they strangle themselves with the rope of gratitude.

I am most thankful to Almighty Providence for mercies received, and determined still to press the case into public notice as a token of gratitude.

One of the surest evidences of friendship that one individual can display to another is telling him gently of a fault. If any other can excel it, it is listening to such a disclosure with gratitude, and amending the error.

Gratitude to gratitude always gives birth.

Gratitude isn't a burdening emotion.

We feel an enormous sense of gratitude towards the American people.

Happiness is itself a kind of gratitude.

No one who achieves success does so without acknowledging the help of others. The wise and confident acknowledge this help with gratitude.

Gratitude is a burden, and every burden is made to be shaken off.