Acceptance Quotes

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It is not life and wealth and power that enslave men, but the cleaving to life and wealth and power. — Gautama Buddha
Albert is a very poor student. He is mentally slow, unsociable and is always daydreaming. He is spoiling it for the rest of the class.… — Albert Einstein
The falling leaf that tells of autumn's death is, in a subtler sense, a prophecy of spring. — Robert Green Ingersoll
There is something tenderly appropriate in the serene death of the old. . . . When the duties of life have all been nobly done;… — Robert Green Ingersoll
My friend, be not like him who sits by his fireside and watches the fire go out, then blows vainly upon the dead ashes. Do… — Khalil Gibran
Faith in humanity, in posterity, in the destiny of one's religion, nation, race, party or family-what is it but the visualization of that eternal something… — Eric Hoffer
The creature born is the creature dying. — Zhuangzi
Geese are white, crows are black. No argument will change this. — Laozi
The essence of man is imperfection. — Norman Cousins
As long as we require someone else to make us happy, we are slaves. — Swami Vivekananda
To enjoy anything, we cannot be attached to it. What we usually try to do is capture any joy that comes our way before it… — Eknath Easwaran
Accepting does not necessarily mean liking, enjoying, condoning. I can accept what is-and be determined to evolve from there. It is not acceptance but denial… — Nathaniel Branden
You accept certain unlovely things about yourself and manage to live with them. The atonement for such an acceptance is that you make allowances for… — Eric Hoffer
I've had an advantage; I've had a sort of open public acceptance in New York that doesn't happen to just anyone trying to make the… — Steve Forbert
The attitude of unconditional self-acceptance is probably the most important variable in their long-term recovery. — Albert Ellis
Needing leads to bleeding - to almost all inevitable suffering. — Albert Ellis
Tolerance is the seed, and the gift of pure acceptance is the tree — India.Arie
When you are fully present, you transcend duality and open into Oneness. In Presence, there is power without opposition. There is love without hate, acceptance… — Leonard Jacobson
The acceptance of all that God has given us and the willingness to let it go - to give it back to him at a… — Thomas Keating
I can never satisfy myself until I can make a mechanical model of a thing. If I can make a mechanical model, I can understand… — Lord Kelvin

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