I can’t explain that, except to say there’s release in knowing the truth no matter how anguishing it is. You come finally to the irreducible thing, and there’s nothing left to do but pick it...

If God were our one and only desire we would not be so easily upset when our opinions do not find outside acceptance.

How soon will we accept this opportunity to be fully alive before we die? (88)

As one old gentleman put it, ” Son, I don’t care if you’re stark nekkid and wear a bone in your nose. If you kin fiddle, you’re all right with me. It’s the music we...

Sometimes the bridges you burn light the way out of your darkness, but the memory of the blaze will be burned into your heart and mind forever.

The beautiful world is just one thought away. It’s already there just waiting for us to realize and to accept it.

Never give up on the possibilities or accept what is when you can see it for what it could be.

Accept, Acknowledge and Awake.

Embrace courageously the challenging beauty of life.

I will not compare myself with others, nor them with me. I will appreciate myself and others for what I and they contribute.

Never pretend to be something you are not, especially to be accepted. Be loved for who you are, it will be tough at times but worth it.

She doesn’t want me to leave, and she doesn’t want me to stay. That’s a double helping of Doesn’t Want Me, and one big I’m Not Hungry back at her.

Grant not my prayers, when they are contrary to Thy will, which at all times must be the best. Oh, hear them not;

You have to accept all sides of yourself – there’s no point fighting them – just learn how to handle them, and return to the positive, balanced being you know you can be, once the...

Her constant phrase, “Go with God”, had puzzled me a good deal. Suddenly it became clear. It was a revelation – acceptance. It filled me with joy. Accept life, the world, Spirit, God, call it...

Be calm. God awaits you at the door.

The meditative mind sees disagreeable or agreeable things with equanimity, patience, and good-will. Transcendent knowledge is seeing reality in utter simplicity. (146)

Accept me for who I am.

I don’t fix problems. I fix my thinking. Then problems fix themselves.

If anyone doesn’t agree with you, the truth is on your side.

Love is a feeling that is imposed on you. You cannot be lazy; it is up to you to make things work and make the best of it.

I don’t know what I did to deserve someone as smart and beautiful as you.””You were you. And maybe that was enough.

The place where you continually return for love and acceptance—that’s home.

I started to discover the meaning of happiness when I started to discover–and practice–the art of acceptance. When I started to accept life for what it was and I started to accept whatever situation I...

When you believe you reflect what is holy and good, you can see more that is good in every stage of your life. (319)

Is it love, or is it attachment? Do you want to love her, or do you want to control her?

When enforcing our boundaries, first and foremost, we are caring for ourselves, but we are also helping others to have a clear understanding of what we consider acceptable behavior. We are reflecting back to them...

And you require no answers”, Foamfollower was laughing in his gladness, “You are sufficient to every question”.

After every storm, there is a rainbow. If you have eyes, you will find it. If you have wisdom, you will create it. If you have love for yourself and others, you won’t need it.

You cannot be fair to others without first being fair to yourself.Know that a well-honed sense of justice is a measure of personal experience, and all experience is a measure of self.Know that the highest...

Some people believe holding on and hanging in there are signs of great strength. However, there are times when it takes much more strength to know when to let go and then do it.

This is my very first acceptance speech so I made a list.

No religion can fully accept another religion, that’s the one belief all religions share

No matter where you go, there’s always something to deal with; if it’s not greed, it’s lust, or envy, or pride, or something else. You just have to live your life so uncorrupted that it...

I learned that, while rejection is the name of the game, I’m always going to be exactly what someone is looking for, eventually. Whether it is looks or personality, be it in the professional world...

That’s what friends should do. cherish the good and pretend not to notice the harmless rest.

I’ve lived in this world a long time, and you can’t change what you like, even if you’d want to.

A friend is one to whom one may pour out the contents of one’s heart, chaff and grain together, knowing that gentle hands will take and sift it, keep what is worth keeping, and with...

There are certain people who will always seek to criticize. This has nothing to do with you. It must be hard to be inside their head, you know? I mean if they find so much...

Wholehearted cooperation with the inevitable,” she replied.

Out of all the guys she could love, I am two of them. But she chose my clone over me and that hurts. And it feels good.

Acceptance. It sounds so gentle; you foolishly imagine you might try it. As if you could choose. You don’t choose. You plummet into acceptance, because the floor has collapsed beneath your feet.

I know what it’s like to battle everyday of my life, just for acceptance, just to survive.

For it is one thing to declare one’s love for someone and quite another to accept that loving that person requires sacrificing one’s dreams.

The moment passed — but the darkness is so dark, and the pain is so painful. – But I accept whatever He gives and I give whatever He takes.

The most wonderful type of love, she had learned, was the kind built with care and over time, through forgiveness and understanding, compromise and compassion, trust and acceptance. It was hidden in the minutiae of...

Stop fishing for deep sea perch in a pond, because when you reel in gold fish, you’ll only end up disappointed. In time the thrill of catching will wear off, and then you’ll realise it’s...

The best thing about coming out is, it’s totally liberating. You feel like you’ve made this incredible discovery about yourself and you want to share it and be open and honest and not spend all...

The moment you become miserly you are closed to the basic phenomenon of life: expansion, sharing. The moment you start clinging to things, you have missed the target–you have missed. Because things are not the...

The world is already yours – why try to conquer it?