“Blessed is he who carries within himself a God, an ideal, and who obeys it: ideal of art, ideal of science, ideal of the gospel virtues, therein lie the springs of great thoughts…”

— Louis Pasteur

“Gratitude is a fruit of great cultivation; you do not find it among gross people.”

— Samuel Johnson

“Upon the whole, a contented mind is the greatest blessing a man can enjoy in this world.”

— Joseph Addison

“The LORD will give strength unto his people; the LORD will bless his people with peace.”

— The Book of Psalms

“And when its yellow lustre smiled O'er mountains yet untrod, Each mother held aloft her child To bless the bow of God.”

— Thomas Campbell

“It is not the clear-sighted who lead the world. Great achievements are accomplished in a blessed, warm mental fog.”

— Joseph Conrad

“A grateful mind by owing owes not, but still pays, at once indebted and discharged.”

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