Quotes of Thomas Merton

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Love seeks one thing only: the good of the one loved. It leaves all the other secondary effects to take care of themselves. Love, therefore, is its own reward.

- Thomas Merton

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“ Do not yearn to be popular; be exquisite. Do not desire to be famous; be loved. Do not take pride in being expected; be palpable, unmistakable. ”

- C. JoyBell C.

“ The key to success is not through achievement but through enthusiasm. ”

- Malcolm Forbes

“ Your memory feels like home to me. So whenever my mind wanders, it always finds it’s way back to you. ”

- Ranata Suzuki

“ Mistakes are not bad; excuses are. ”

- Udai Yadla

“ And out of Tristan's heart there grew a hazel tree, and out of Iseult's a honeysuckle, and they arched together and clung and intertwined so that they could never be separated anymore. ”

- Rosemary Sutcliff

“ Either you run the day, or the day runs you. ”

- Jim Rohn

“ Love is the beauty of the soul. ”

- Augustine of Hippo

“ Maybe everyone can live beyond what they're capable of. ”

- Markus Zusak

“ 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

“ All worries are less with wine. ”

- Amit Kalantri

“ It is now how good you are, it’s how good you want to be. ”

- Unknown

“ Tell me then, does love make one a fool or do only fools fall in love? ”

- Orhan Pamuk

“ The only shortcut I have found to life is to sharpen my teeth on the bones of the wise. ”

- Vic Stah Milien

“ Love is like a brick. You can build a house, or you can sink a dead body. ”

- Lady Gaga

“ Remember, darkness does not always equate to evil, just as light does not always bring good. ”

- P.C. Cast

“ If you listen more, you will judge less; and when you judge less, you will appreciate differences; and you will be more happy. ”

- JOHN TASKINSOY

“ Even when I'm dead, I'll swim through the Earth, like a mermaid of the soil, just to be next to your bones. ”

- Jeffrey McDaniel

“ Every man is a boyfriend. But some people do not have the ability to become husbands. ”

- Sajal Ahmed

“ My mother had a great deal of trouble with me, but I think she enjoyed it. ”

- Mark Twain

“ This is my simple religion. There is no need for temples; no need for complicated philosophy. Our own brain, our own heart is our temple; the philosophy is kindness. ”

- Dalai Lama

“ Success is not how high you have climbed, but how you make a positive difference to the world. ”

- Roy T. Bennett

“ True love is not so much a matter of romance as it is a matter of anxious concern for the wellbeing of one's companion. ”

- Gordon B. Hinckley

“ Eyes not only see but reveal secrets that hidden within our very soul, as You and I stroll in this world in search for our true and better selves." Morco ”

- Jeff Morco