Quotes About Self-acceptance

I'm afraid that sometimes you'll play lonely games too. Games you can't win 'cause you'll play against you.

may I be I is the only prayer--not may I be great or good or beautiful or wise or strong.

The hardest challenge is to be yourself in a world where everyone is trying to make you be somebody else.

It takes courage to grow up and turn out to be who you really are.

On a deeper level you are already complete. When you realize that, there is a joyous energy behind what you do.

If you are content with being nobody in particular, content not to stand out, you align yourself with the power of the universe. What looks like weakness to the ego is in fact the only true strength.

One day you may catch yourself smiling at the voice in your head, as you would smile at the antics of a child. This means that you no longer take the content of your mind all that seriously, as your sense of self does not depend on it.

Jesus points to this when he says, "Be ye whole, even as your Father in Heaven is whole."1 The New Testament's "Be ye perfect" is a mistranslation of the original Greek word, which means whole. This is to say, you don't need to become whole, but be what you already are—with or without the pain-body.

fed up with being unhappy." Some people may feel, as I did, that they cannot live with themselves anymore. Inner peace then becomes their first priority.

In essence, you are neither inferior nor superior to anyone. True self-esteem and true humility arise out of that realization

Your mind is telling you that you cannot get there from here. Something needs to happen, or you need to become this or that before you can be free and fulfilled. It is saying, in fact, that you need time — that you need to find, sort out, do, achieve, acquire, become, or understand something before you can be free or complete.

You see time as the means to salvation, whereas in truth it is the greatest obstacle to salvation. You think that you can't get there from where and who you are at this moment because you are not yet complete or good enough, but the truth is that here and now is the only point from where you can get there.

Many people live with a tormentor in their head that continuously attacks and punishes them and drains them of vital energy. It is the cause of untold misery and unhappiness, as well as of disease.

What difference does their approval or disapproval truly make to who you are?

This is to say, you don't need to become whole, but be what you already are—with or without the pain-body.

The false, unhappy self that loves feeling miserable, resentful, or sorry for itself can then no longer survive. This is called surrender. Surrender is not weakness. There is great strength in it.

Some people may feel, as I did, that they cannot live with themselves anymore. Inner peace then becomes their first priority.

When you feel the pain-body, don't fall into the error of thinking there is something wrong with you. Making yourself into the problem -- the ego loves that. The knowing needs to be followed by accepting.

Si no puedes sentirte a gusto cuando estás solo, buscarás una relación para remediar tu inquietud.

Once you have disidentified with yourself whether you are right or wrong makes no difference to your sense of self at all

Cuando usted aprenda a ser testigo de sus pensamientos y emociones, que es una parte esencial de estar presente, puede quedar sorprendido cuando se dé cuenta por primera vez de la "estática" de fondo de inconsciencia ordinaria que tiene y de qué pocas veces, si acaso alguna, usted está verdaderamente a gusto consigo mismo.

When you don't know who you are, you create a mind-made self as a substitute for your beautiful, divine being and cling to that fearful and needy self. Protecting and enhancing that false sense of self then becomes your primary motivating force.

I've learnt that you've got to be really non-apologetic... You've got to say, 'Hi, I'm here, can I have a cup of tea? And one of those biscuits?' If you say that, it's fine. If you go in and say, 'Excuse me, I'm a transvestite, I'll be in the corner, I won't be a problem, I'll face away,' everyone will go, 'Oh-oh, problem case in the corner.' So don't apologise.

If you are an LGBT+ person and you come out, you have to go through your knight's quest to create ground for yourself, to stand there and say, 'I exist. I have no reason to feel guilt or shame. I am proud to exist, and while I'm not perfect, I deserve to exist in society just like anyone else.