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Acceptance |
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| “Long only for what you have.” |
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--
Andre Gide (1869-1951), French writer |
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| "Peace of mind is that mental
condition in which you have accepted the worst." |
| -- Lin Yutang |
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| 'To accept whatever comes,
regardless of the consequences, is to be unafraid." |
| -- John Cage |
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| "Here I stand. I can do no
other. God help me. Amen" |
| -- Martin Luther |
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| “The curious paradox is that when
I accept myself just as I am, then I can change.” |
| -- Carl Rogers |
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| "I
wish they would only take me as I am." |
| --
Vincent
Van Gogh (1853-1890), Dutch painter |
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| "A friend is one who takes me
for what I am." |
| -- Henry David Thoreau (1817-62),
American writer, naturalist |
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"Man
is the only creature that refuses to be what he is."
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| --
Albert
Camus (1913-1960), French-Algerian writer |
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| “You
have to know how to accept rejection and reject acceptance.” |
| -- Ray Bradbury (1920- ), American
novelist |
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| "If you can't accept losing,
you can't win." |
| -- Vince Lombardi |
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| "The only tyrant I accept in
this world is the still voice within." |
| -- "Mahatma" Gandhi (1869 -1948),
Indian nationalist leader |
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| “Of
course there is no formula for success except perhaps an
unconditional acceptance of life and what it brings.” |
| -- Arthur Rubinstein (1887-1982),
American pianist |
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"We
cannot change anything until we accept it. Condemnation does not liberate,
it oppresses."
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-- Carl Jung (1875-1961), Swiss psychiatrist |
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| "Flow with whatever is
happening and let your mind be free. Stay centered by accepting
whatever you are doing. This is the ultimate." |
| -- Chuang Tzu (369?-286? BC),
Chinese philosopher |
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| "Self-pity gets you nowhere.
One must have the adventurous daring to accept oneself as a bundle
of possibilities and undertake the most interesting game in the
world -- making the most of one's best." |
| -- Richard Willard Armour
(1906-89), American poet |
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| "Doublethink means the power
of holding two contradictory beliefs in one's mind simultaneously,
and accepting both of them." |
| -- George Orwell (1903 -1950),
British novelist |
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| "It's a funny thing about
life; if you refuse to accept anything but the best, you very often
get it." |
| -- W. Somerset Maugham (1874 -1965),
British author |
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| “Meditation
is something that is not contrived or organized. Meditation is. It
begins with the first step, which is to be free of your hurts,
accumulated fears, anxiety, loneliness, despair, sorrow. That is the
foundation, that is the first step, and the first step is the last
step.” |
| -- I. Forgot |
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| "Acceptance of what has happened is the first step to
overcoming the consequences of any misfortune." |
| -- William James (1842-1910),
American psychologist, philosopher |
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| "All I want is a warm bed and
a kind word and unlimited power." |
| -- Ashleigh Brilliant (1933- ),
British-born American philosopher, cartoonist |
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| "Tolerance is the eager and glad acceptance of
the way along which others seek the truth." |
| -- Sir Walter Besant
(1836-1901), British social reformer and novelist |
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| "Toleration is the greatest
gift of mind, it requires that same effort of the brain that it
takes to balance oneself on a bicycle." |
| -- Helen Adams Keller (1880-1968),
American memoirist, lecturer |
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| "I do not confer praise or
blame: I accept. I am the measure of all things. I am the centre of
the world." |
| -- W. Somerset Maugham (1874 -1965) |
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| "It is the mark of an educated
mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it." |
| -- Aristotle (384-322 BC),
Greek philosopher, scientist |
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| "Seek not that the things
which happen should happen as you wish; but wish the things which
happen to be as they are, and you will have a tranquil flow of
life." |
| -- Epictetus ( 55?-135? AD),
Greek philosopher |
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| "One day Banzan was walking
through a market. He overheard a customer say to the butcher,
"Give me the best piece of meat you have."
"Everything in my shop is the best," replied the butcher.
"You can not find any piece of meat that is not the best."
At these words, Banzan was enlightened." |
| -- Gyomay Kubose (1905-2000),
Buddhist minister |
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| "If we all worked on the
assumption that what is accepted as true is really true, there would
be little hope of advance." |
| -- Orville Wright (1871–1948),
American aeronautical engineer |
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| "All life mirrors perfection.
All things considered, the events that mark our lives follow the
most efficient principles possible to guarantee us the maximum
enrichment from life. We must accept this on faith. Faith is
accepting our destiny. Faith is allowing the inner to become outer
effortlessly. Faith is allowing nature to take its course of maximum
efficiency in our own human nature." |
| -- Albert Emerson Unaterra
(1952-2002), American writer |
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| “Living
apart and at peace with myself, I came to realize more vividly the
meaning of the doctrine of acceptance. To refrain from giving
advice, to refrain from meddling in the affairs of others, to
refrain, even though the motives be the highest, from tampering with
another's way of life - so simple, yet so difficult for an active
spirit. Hands off!” |
| -- Henry Miller (1891-1980),
American writer |
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| "The man who insists upon
seeing with perfect clearness before he decides, never decides.
Accept life, and you must accept regret." |
| -- Henri-Frederic Amiel (1821 -1881), Swiss philosopher, poet |
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| "I thank God for my handicaps,
for through them, I have found myself, my work and my God." |
| -- Helen Adams Keller (1880-1968),
American author, lecturer |
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| "The unknown is what it is.
And to be frightened of it is what sends everybody scurrying around
chasing dreams, illusions, wars, peace, hate, all that. Unknown is
what it is. Accept that it's unknown, and it's plain sailing." |
| -- John Lennon |
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| “Life
has no other discipline to impose, if we would but realize it, than
to accept life unquestioningly. Everything we shut our eyes to,
everything we run away from, everything we deny, denigrate, or
despise, serves to defeat us in the end. What seems nasty, painful,
evil, can become a source of beauty, joy, and strength, if faced
with an open mind. Every moment is a golden one for him who has the
vision to recognize it as such.” |
| -- Henry Miller (1891-1980),
American writer |
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| "When I give a lecture, I accept
that people look at their watches, but what I do not tolerate is
when they look at it and raise it to their ear to find out if it
stopped." |
| -- Marcel Achard (1900 -1974),
French screenwriter and director |
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| "All truth passes through 3
stages. First, it is ridiculed. Second, it is violently opposed.
Third, it is accepted as being self-evident." |
| -- Arthur Schopenhauer (1788-1860),
German philosopher |
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| "Everything that exists is
good-- death as well as life, sin as well as holiness, wisdom as
well as folly. Everything is necessary, everything needs only my
agreement, my assent, my loving understanding; then all is well with
me and nothing can harm me." |
| -- Herman Hesse (1877-1962),
German-born Swiss novelist and poet |
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| "I like trees because they seem
more resigned to the way they have to live than other things
do." |
| -- Willa Cather (1873-1947),
American author |
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| "Learn to be pleased with
everything; with wealth, so far as it makes us beneficial to others;
with poverty, for not having much to care for; and with obscurity,
for being unenvied." |
| -- Plutarch (46-120 AD), Greek
biographer and essayist |
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