Forget injuries, never forget kindness. – Confucius

Gratitude, in itself, is heaven.—William Blake

Ingratitude is the most abominable of sins…For it is a forgetting of the graces, benefits, and blessings received – St Ignatius Loyola

Gratitude therefore takes nothing for granted, is never unresponsive, is constantly awakening to new wonder, and to praise of the goodness of God. For the grateful person knows that God is good, not by hearsay but by experience. And that is what makes all the difference.

                        —Thomas Merton

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.—Victor Hugo

The smallest act of kindness is worth more than the grandest intention.—Oscar Wilde

A tree is known by its fruit; a man by his deeds. A good deed is never lost; he who sows courtesy reaps friendship, and he who plants kindness gathers love.—St. Saint Basil