Quotes About Acceptance

Katie: We live; we die. Always right on time, not one moment sooner or later than

Seeking comfort, you give yourself discomfort.

Every time you try to change someone, you are trying to change someone that doesn't exist. They only exist in your head. People are who you believe them to be.

The irony is that the struggle to win love and approval makes it very difficult to experience them. Chronic

He is just like everyone else, except that he no longer believes that in this moment things should be different than they are. Therefore in all circumstances he remains at ease in the world, is efficient without the slightest effort, keeps his lightness of heart whatever happens, and, without intending to, acts with kindness toward himself and everyone else. He is who you are once you meet your mind with understanding.

And that goes not only for mothers but for every human being you haven't forgiven yet. Every human being, every cat, dog, tree, thing—to be separate from anyone or anything goes against your heart. The only time those people or things are not okay is when you believe they're not.

You move totally away from reality when you believe that there is a legitimate reason to suffer.

Whatever happens is the best thing that could happen.

Whatever you get is what you need.

You can argue with reality all you want, or you can stop arguing long enough to understand it and be free.

If you realized how beautiful you are, you would fall at your own feet.

How do I know I don't need what I want? I don't have it.

Problems can exist only in a past or future.

When my children ask me what they should do, I say, "I don't know, honey." Or, "Here's what I did in a similar situation, and it worked for me. And you can always know that I'm here to listen and that I'm always going to love you, whatever decision you make. You'll know what to do. And also, sweetheart, you can't do it wrong. I promise you that." I finally learned to tell my children the truth.

I wasn't always able to live the advice that I so generously held out for others to live. When I realized this, I found myself on equal ground with the people I had judged. I saw that my philosophy wasn't so easy for any of us to live. I saw that we're all doing the best we can.

That's like saying, "May my will be done, not God's will," rather than realizing, deeply, that God's will is your will at every moment. It's trying to get what you want, rather than wanting what you have, which is the only way you can ever be happy.

What is an example that will prove that you aren't lovable? Rejection? If someone rejects you—and he could only do that because you don't match his beliefs about how he wants the world to be—it has nothing to do with you. Only an inflated ego could say that it had anything to do with you.

Reality doesn't wait for our agreement or approval. It is what it is. You can count on it. Gary:

I cannot need what I don't have, so I always have everything I need, and everyone does.

Nothing external can disturb us. We suffer only when we want things to be different from what they are.

Everything happens for me, not to me.

As I often say, if you argue with reality, you lose—but only 100 percent of the time.

The more clearly you understand yourself and your emotions, the more you become a lover of what is. Baruch Spinoza

El sufrimiento es una alarma natural que nos alerta de que nos estamos apegando a un pensamiento; cuando no escuchamos, llegamos a aceptar ese sufrimiento como una parte inevitable de la vida, pero no lo es.