Quotes of Thomas Merton

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I cannot make the universe obey me. I cannot make other people conform to my own whims and fancies. I cannot make even my own body obey me.

- Thomas Merton

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“ I pray you, do not fall in love with me, for I am falser than vows made in wine. ”

- William Shakespeare

“ Sometimes we may feel disheartened and demoralized but we must keep faith in ourselves. We may be going through a lot of ups and downs in our life. But we must realise that growth begins from chaos! ”

- Avijeet Das

“ When love is real. You both will do whatever you can to build and construct a solid relationship. It will be hard work but it's possible, We all come with pros and cons. If it's real, it will never be over. ”

- Katherine Vargas

“ You need just the right amount of 'Fuck the world' and the right amount of belief in something...and you need the right amount of love. ”

- Gerard Way

“ I believe in love the verb, not the noun. ”

- Greg Behrendt

“ Live a life of substance. The rest are mere fantasies. ”

- Pragnya Sahoo

“ How do I say “I miss you” in a way that will make your heart ache as mine does? ”

- Unknown

“ Unrequited love’s a bore. ”

- Lorenz Hart

“ If everyone demanded peace instead of another television set, then there’d be peace. ”

- John Lennon

“ Love comforteth like sunshine after rain. ”

- William Shakespeare

“ How would your life be different if…You stopped allowing other people to dilute or poison your day with their words or opinions? Let today be the day…You stand strong in the truth of your beauty and journey through your day without attachment to the validation of others ”

- Steve Maraboli

“ We will either find a way, or make one. ”

- Hannibal

“ I do love nothing in the world so well as you is not that strange? ”

- William Shakespeare

“ Isn't it strange how we all start as strangers? Fall in love, share infinities, hurt each other, fall out of love to eventually end as the strangers we once were? ”

- Fiphie

“ Better to have, and not need, than to need, and not have. ”

- Franz Kafka

“ Live every day like it’s your last. ”

- Unknown

“ If you are depressed, you are living in the past. If you are anxious, you are living in the future. If you are at peace, you are living in the present ”

- Lao tzu

“ Do I care about pleasure? Yes. But I don't believe in happiness. ”

- Tatiana Vedenska

“ It is better to be respected than it is to be popular. Popularity ends on yearbook day, but respect lasts forever. ”

- John Bytheway

“ Ladies, it’s harvest time!!! Take care of your crops, water them and weed them out. ”

- Charlena E. Jackson

“ There are men so philosophical that they can see humor in their own toothaches. But there has never lived a man so philosophical that he could see the toothache in his own humor. ”

- H. L. Mencken

“ Remember when your heart is empty, don’t fill it with lies and deception. ”

- RJ Intindola

“ When love comes like that, all you can do is surrender, to lay down your arms and submit to the will of those who would love you. For in denying it, you face only regret. ”

- Michael Kilman

“ Faith is to believe what you do not yet see; the reward for this faith is to see what you believe. ”

- Augustine of Hippo

“ Honesty is the first chapter of the book of wisdom. ”

- Thomas Jefferson