Patti Smith Quotes

When we recall the past, we usually find that it is the simplest things - not the great occasions - that in retrospect give off the greatest glow of happiness.

I desperately need the love of complete strangers. That's one reason I overtip. I love when skycaps, waiters, and valets are happy to see me.

If you love people, tell them you love them.

Sometimes I need people around me to remind me, to keep enjoying the small things.

I guess I love the small things in life.

It's always nice when someone you don't know comes up to you and says a couple nice things about your work. It's always a pleasure.

I'm certainly interested in taking a photo with anyone who took time out of their busy schedule in life to say hello.

Showing gratitude is one of the simplest yet most powerful things humans can do for each other.

The more things for which you develop a fondness the richer the life you live.

Words seem so futile, so feeble. You are all such lovely, beautiful people ... thank you.

Don't save something for a special occasion. Every day of your life is a special occasion.

If we spend our days waiting for fabulous roses we could miss the beauty and wonder of the tiny forget-me-nots that are all around us.

Gratitude is the state of mind of thankfulness. As it is cultivated, we experience an increase in our "sympathetic joy," our happiness at another's happiness. Just as in the cultivation of compassion, we may feel the pain of others, so we may begin to feel their joy as well. And it doesn't stop there.

Gratitude is a soil on which joy thrives.

Affection is like bread, unnoticed till we starve, and then we dream of it, and sing of it, and paint it, when every urchin in the street has more than he can eat.

I'm so glad I live in a world where there are Octobers.

The loving parts of your personality are content, grateful, patient, appreciative, caring, and more. They are interested in others. They do not judge others or themselves. They are not confined by fear. The more you experience them, the more you experience joy.

Wake at dawn with a winged heart and give thanks for another day of loving.

Gratitude is something you show in relation to others.

If this isn't nice, I don't know what is.

I believe a joyful life is made up of joyful moments, gracefully strung together by trust, gratitude, inspiration, and faith.

I tend to find the ecstasy hidden in ordinary joys, because I did not expect those joys to be ordinary to me.

First of all, I'm happy that I'm healthy.

Hi," he says. "I'm Daniel." "Hi," I reply. "I'm June.

A good life happens when you stop and are grateful for the ordinary moments that so many of us just steamroll over to try to find those extraordinary moments.