“Ingratitude produces pride while gratitude produces humility.”

“You cannot produce trust just like you cannot 'do' humility. It either is or is not.”

“Gratitude is a quality similar to electricity; it must be produced and discharged and used up in order to exist at all.”

“Each happy chemical triggers a different good feeling. Dopamine produces the joy of finding what you seek– the “Eureka! I got it!” feeling. Endorphin produces the oblivion that masks pain– often called “euphoria.” Oxytocin produces the feeling of being safe with others– now called “bonding.” And serotonin produces the feeling of being respected by others–“pride.”

“Knowing and thinking exist for the sake of love -- for the sake of building people up in faith. Thinking that produces pride instead of love is not true thinking.”

“Of bones the city is made,Plastered with flesh and blood,Where decay and death are deposited,And pride, and ingratitude.”