"Gratitude looks to the Past and
love to the Present; fear, avarice,
lust, and ambition look ahead."
C.S. Lewis, The Screwtape Letters
"Got no checkbooks, got no banks.
Still I'd like to express my thanks -
I've got the sun in the mornin' and
the moon at night."
Irving Berlin
"The unthankful heart discovers no
mercies; but the thankful heart will
find, in every hour, some heavenly blessings."
Henry Ward Beecher
"The poor man shuddered, overflowed
with an angelic joy; he declared in his
transport that this would last through
life; he said to himself that he really
had not suffered enough to deserve such
radiant happiness, and he thanked God,
in the depths of his soul, for having
permitted that he, a miserable man,
should be so loved by this innocent being."
Victor Hugo, Les Miserables
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