Quotes about Worthiness

We can't allow ourselves to get lost in the past or the future. We are there for the food and our food is there for us; it is only fair. Eat in mindfulness and you will be worthy of the Earth and the sky.

The beginning of the fight against hatred, the basic Christian answer to hatred, is not the commandment to love, but what must necessarily come before in order to make the commandment bearable and comprehensible. It is a prior commandment, to believe. The root of Christian love is not the will to love, but the faith that one is loved. The faith that one is loved by God. That faith that one is loved by God although unworthy—or, rather, irrespective of one's worth!

To serve the God of Love one must be free, one must face the terrible responsibility of the decision to love in spite of all unworthiness whether in oneself or in one's neighbor.

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

Our job is to love others without stopping to inquire whether or not they are worthy

All wise people say the same thing; that you are deserving of love, and that it's all here now, everything you need. When you pray, you are not starting the conversation from scratch, just remembering to plug back into a conversation that's always in progress.

Dignity does not consist in possessing honours, but in deserving them.

The life you want is waiting to rise up to meet you ... Will you accept it? Do you feel worthy enough to accept it?

True Love--unconditional love--declares you worthy just because it chooses you. (pg 150)

But love says it doesn't matter. True love - unconditional love - declares you worthy just because it chooses you. And there's nothing you can do about it.

Forgive my grief for one removedThy creature whom I found so fairI trust he lives in Thee and thereI find him worthier to be loved.

I now pray, not for more of this world's goods and greater blessings, but to be worthy of that which I already have.