The mere habit of learning to love is the thing.—Jane Austen

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

 When eating bamboo sprouts, remember the man who planted them. — Chinese Proverb

The mere habit of learning to love is the thing.—Jane Austen

  For one man who thanks God that he is not as other men there are a thousand to offer thanks that they are as other men, sufficiently as others are to escape attention.—John Dewey


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