Gratitude

Acknowledgement with soul of the beneficence of love is gratitude. Love is creatively good. It is divinely active. Love is the self-manifesting attribute of God. The greater the realization of God, the more abundant is the manifestation of the qualities of love. Love offers the fulfillment of our desire, hope, aspiration and ideal. Only when the gifts of love are received with soul does the virtue of gratitude adorn the heart.

Swami Premananda
One Hundred and One Noble Qualities