The more truly we can see life as a fairytale, the more clearly the tale resolves itself into war with the dragon who is wasting fairyland.

If I can put one touch of rosy sunset into the life of any man or woman, I shall feel that I have worked with God.

Ingratitude is surely the chief of the intellectual sins of man. He takes his political benefits for granted, just as he takes the skies and the seasons for granted.

Gratitude produced the most purely joyful moments that have been known to man.

I represent the jolly mass of mankind. I am the happy and reckless Christian.

Be careful how you suggest things to me. For there is in me a madness which goes beyond martyrdom, the madness of an utterly idle man.

Gratitude, being nearly the greatest of human duties, is also nearly the most difficult.