Accept what it, forget what was.

Walking in ignorance is a choice for those who find reality too hard to face.

Rain falls on the just and the unjust alike.

Everything changes. The leaves, the weather, the colour of your hair, the texture of your skin. The feelings you have today – whether they kill you or enthrall you – won’t be the same tomorrow,...

Truth was never meant to make you comfortable, unless you stand in the middle of it with acceptance.

Still not sure about how easily he could be integrated into their posse, Trevor smiled in delighted relief at how tolerantly two of his close friends had received his new identity.

And I find a happiness in the fact of accepting —In the sublimely scientific and difficult fact of accepting the inevitable natural.

If you don’t accept and respect your suffering, it isn’t going anywhere.

Compassion is like mother giving love to her children. Mother’s ways are higher than others, even when everyone rejects, mother accepts with her arms open and wide.

Of course, we in the West like to pat ourselves on the back and say we’re more tolerant, and we are–but tolerance is not the same thing as acceptance. It just means, “We think you’re...

Relinquishing control to another person is like death: it’s only scary until it finally happens.

So this was the Ashram’s final joke on me? Once I had learned to accept my loud, chatty, social nature and fully embrace my inner Key Hostess – only then could I become The Quiet...

He knew at the same time that this stricture of acceptance (by which what we must love is made into what we can love) would eventually be a part of himself

We only have a Plan A. The acceptance and full implementation of the existing plan, the so-called Plan A, is the best solution for Greece, for the euro zone and also for creditors and holders.

Feeling bad is not the problem.The problem is that we feel bad about feeling bad.Once you begin to let go of feeling bad about feeling bad,and start feeling better about feeling bad,then pretty soon you’ll...

Something must be radically wrong with a culture and a civilisation when its youth begins to desert it. Youth is the natural time for revolt, for experiment, for a generous idealism that is eager for...

Close both eyes see with the other one. Then we are no longer saddled by the burden of our persistent judgments our ceaseless withholding our constant exclusion. Our sphere has widened and we find ourselves...

The humanitarian philosophies that have been developed (sometimes under some religious banner and invariably in the face of religious opposition) are human inventions, as the name implies – and our species deserves the credit. I...

Would the people in her life still love her if they knew the whole truth about her? Perhaps, but would they love her the same?

They were determined to find something mechanically wrong with him – because broken machines are easier to fix.

When small towns find they cannot harm the strangest of their members, when eccentrics show resilience, they are eventually embraced and even cherished.

Life is a series of natural and spontaneous changes. Don’t resist them; that only creates sorrow. Let reality be reality. Let things flow naturally forward in whatever way they like.

The difference between impossible and possible is a willing heart.

I hope so. But I meant me. I’m beautiful to me.

Losing Foxen was bad. It would leave her blind and lonely in the dark. Being trapped beneath the pipes and choking out her life was awful too. But neither of those things were wrong.

If we all desire love and acceptance, shouldn’t we love and accept all others?

Becoming aware of our inner man and woman means to discover the roots and creative potential of both the male and female aspect within ourselves. Becoming aware of the inner man and woman means to...

a shift in thinking’ toward someone who has wronged you, ‘such that your desire to harm that person has decreased and your desire to do him good (or to benefit your relationship) has increased.’ Forgiveness,...

The process of leniency involves accepting the reality of the current situation and finding a satisfying meaning therein, as opposed to misconstruing or denying the facts of the situation.

It is easier to make our wishes conform to our means than to make our means conform to our wishes.

A best friend is the only one that walks into your life when the world has walked out.

The most confused you will ever get is when you try to convince your heart and spirit of something your mind knows is a lie.

The acceptable is unacceptable. The truth is a lie. The good is pure evil. Even freedom has become a prison.

Our unity will always be a greater force with mixed ideals than if we demand that others change for us, to what we believe.

I don’t dwell on the fact that I may have ridden on planes. That which I can’t remember having needed, I simply accept. It is the most preferable kind of self-insight: one that does not...

Observe the rhythm of passers-by on the street, at work, everywhere. Summon loving acceptance and let their tempos move you emotionally and corporeally. Try to assimilate new ideas by trying out the rhythms of those...

Hate is a lack of imagination.

The desire to be cool is—ultimately—the desire to be rescued.

Integrity is the integument that makes intelligence more acceptable

For many years, I searched for this connection outside of myself but always to no avail. It was only when I turned inward did I find this power.

When we set high expectations for people we usually get disappointed and set them up for failure, it is best to accept them as they are and encourage them to reach their full potential.

Some days we lose all at once and somedays we get all back at once. But either way,Accept it.

I learned a long time ago, when it comes to discipline you don’t get 100 percent acceptance of what you do.

Was insanity really easier to accept than unconsciousness?

It is all gone, though Peter. All of it is gone! And there is no way to get it back.’Eat,’ said Leo Matienne again, very gently.Peter looked the truth of what he had lost full...

The sky is never falling…things will work out, they ALWAYS work out. Stay focused, accept everything as perfect and keep moving forward toward the direction of your goals.

There is no compromise when it comes to someones delicate feelings, the only way out is to stop pretending and set yourself free from someones life.

I’m not talking about the blood ecstasy. I’m talking about my being able to fill that emotion void she has. You know her as well as I do, maybe better. She aches with it. She...

That’s how you should be. Accept your burden and carry it, with joy.

Loving someone who does not love you back hurts,alot, i know.It is liking seeing these pair of shoes at theretail store which do not fit you.Chances are, if you buy them knowing theyare a small...