"Our job is to love others without stopping to inquire whether or not they are worthy. That is not our business and, in fact, it is nobody's business. What we are asked to do is to love, and this love itself will render both ourselves and our neighbors worthy."

-- Thomas Merton

#Love Quotes #Spiritual Quotes #Wisdom Quotes

“Rome in the ages, dimmed with all her towers, / Floats in the mist, a little cloud at tether.”
“I value unity because I believe we learn truth from each other in this process.”
“I think a lot of ladies get quite scared about people like me, 'rock stars', and it can be hard to meet the right sort of person.”

Source : "Jay Kay: 'Getting an award on Top Gear is better than getting a Grammy'". Mirror Interview, www.mirror.co.uk. October 31, 2010.
“Though modern Marriage is a tremendous laboratory, its members are often without preparation for the partnership function. How much agony and remorse and failure could have been avoided if there had been at least some rudimentary learning before they entered the partnership.”
“Anytime I am asked to use my creativity as a way to be of service, I consider it an opportunity I cannot refuse. This experience was truly a pleasure. Scott's enthusiasm is infectious His voice is soothing and beautiful at the same time.”
“Without friends no one would choose to live, though he had all other goods.”
“This is what history is: all those centuries of bodies, moving over these canals, twisting and blooming into life in these houses, these streets; all that flesh hungering, coming together, separating, continuing, accumulating, relinquishing, aging and breaking down. Bodies as tulips bent to the demands of light, colored into blossom, spent.”

Source : Mark Doty (2001). “Still Life with Oysters and Lemon”, Beacon Press (MA)
“The greatest feeling you can get in a gym or the most satisfying feeling you can get in the gym is the pump. It feels fantastic. It's as satisfying to me as ***** is, you know, as in having sex with a woman and cumming. So can you believe how much I am in heaven? I am like getting the feeling of ***** in the gym; I'm getting the feeling of ***** at home; I'm getting the feeling of ***** backstage; when I pump up, when I pose out in front of 5000 people I get the same feeling, so I am ***** day and night. It's terrific, right? So you know, I am in heaven.”

Source : "Pumping Iron". Documentary, www.imdb.com. January 18, 1977.

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