Acceptance-of-oneself Quote by R. Alan Woods

“Few behaviors of other people are more irritating than those that display our own faults in an unattractive way.”

— John Verdon

“A great way to understand yourself is to seriously reflect on everything you find irritating in others.”

— Kevin Kelly

“Each reaction we have is there to inspect us and reveal our own nature to ourselves and for ourselves; it is never about others.”

— Bryant McGill

“...it's the sympathy of strangers that's often the most affecting, the words and gestures of people who have no reason to be kind that…

— Rosie Wilde

“It is, after all, a simple and tragic thing that on occasion our unkindness to others is actually a desperate effort to be kind…

— Tahereh Mafi

“Things do not give unhappiness, ignorance (of one’s real Self) does.”

— Dada Bhagwan

“It is our ignorance of things that causes all our admiration and chiefly excites our passions.”

— Edmund Burke

“Always try to be joyful and proactively benign to the people. By doing so everyday, people have no control at all over my mood.”

— Toba Beta [Betelgeuse Incident

“Whatever our circumstances, everything can feel so simple, so beautiful, and so right when we no longer pay attention to the mind’s incessant chatter.”

— Dan Millman

“I sometimes see a shortcoming in myself, how little patience or understanding I have for many people in the way they act. I am…

— Bill Callahan

“It is one thing to be sick of your own infirmities and another to understand that the people you love most are sick of…

— Leif Enger

“Can we just be grateful for beauty & joy, fascination & tolerance, humour & love, nature & grace, and simply release any anger and pains?”

— Jay Woodman