Thomas Merton
Writer, Monk
""Our job is to love others without stopping to inquire whether or not they are worthy."
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Worthy
191 quotes on this topic — from poets, philosophers, and thinkers across history.
Johann Sebastian Bach
Composer
"God's gift to his sorrowing creatures is a joy worthy of their destiny."
William Shakespeare
Playwright, Poet
"He that loves to be flattered is worthy o' the flatterer."
Rumi
Poet, Philosopher
"Wisdom tells us we are not worthy; Love tells us we are. My life flows between the two."
Confucius
Philosopher
"When you see a worthy person, endeavor to emulate him. When you see an unworthy person, then examine your inner self."
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"Show me an objective worthy of war and I will go along with you."
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"the smallest part is worthy of the whole."
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"You can search the entire universe and not find a single being more worthy of love than you."
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"Capital has its rights, which are as worthy of protection as any other right."
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"What happens most deeply inside you is worthy of your whole love."
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"In everything well known something worthy of thought still lurks."
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"What is happening on your innermost self is worthy of your entire love."
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"Whosoever holds this hammer, if he be worthy, shall possess the power of Thor."
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"a diplomat ... is not worthy of the name unless he can say 'no' and make the other person like it - or at least not be offended by it."
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"I am not concerned that I am not known, I seek to be worthy to be known."
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"We can’t turn life into a pleasure. But we can choose such pleasures as are worthy of us and our immortal souls."
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"Not all men are worthy of love."
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"Act in such a way that you will be worthy of being happy."
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"There is only one thing that I dread: not to be worthy of my sufferings."
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"To not to have entirely wasted one’s life seems to be a worthy accomplishment, if only for myself."
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"You must be worthy of the best, but not more worthy than the rest."
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"He is not worthy of the honey-comb, that shuns the hives because the bees have stings."
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"And you must love him, ere to you He will seem worthy of your love."
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"God's love does not love that which is worthy of being loved, but it creates that which is worthy of being loved."
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"Inner freedom is an infrequent gift of nature and a worthy object for the individual."
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