Quotes About Acceptance

The past is still here in the form of the present. We may think that there isn't anything we can do about the past anymore, but there is.

We do not produce mindfulness to chase away or fight our anger but to take good care of it.

Our suffering is impermanent, and that is why we can transform it. And

Please call me by my true names, so I can hear all my cries and laughter at once, so I can see that my joy and pain are one.

Vive el momento presente. Sólo el presente es la vida. No te apegues al futuro.

to practice equanimity in the face of harsh words; (2) to learn not to feel annoyance, bitterness, or dejection; and (3) not to feel elated when praised, because we know that any praise is not for us as an individual, but for many beings, including our parents, teachers, friends, and all forms of life.

When we don't run away from our suffering, but we recognize it, embrace it, and look deeply into it, suffering begins to transform, and liberation and enlightenment manifest.

Long live impermanence." Thanks to impermanence, we can change suffering into joy.

maitri, which can be translated as loving-kindness or benevolence.

The ocean of suffering is immense, but if you turn around, you can see the land. The seed of suffering in you may be strong, but don't wait until you have no more suffering before allowing yourself to be happy.

So the second step in transformation is to create the intention to stay where we are, look deeply at our fear, and accept it.

Once, as I was about to step on a dry leaf, I saw the leaf in the ultimate dimension of reality. I saw that it was not really dead, but it was merging with the moist soil and preparing to appear on the tree the following spring. I smiled at the leaf and said, "You are pretending.

L'abitante di un villaggio mi scrutava Disperato eppure senza paura, Risponde: "Odio entrambe le fazioni. Non ne seguo nessuna. Voglio solo andare Dove mi lascino vivere E i aiutino a vivere". Vita ! quanta infelicità

May we eat only foods that nourish us and prevent illnes.. May we accept this food for the realization of the way of understanding and love.

True love includes a sense of responsibility and accepting the other person as she is, with all her strengths and weaknesses. If you only like the best things in a person, that is not love. You have to accept her weaknesses and bring your patience, understanding, and energy to help her transform. This kind of love brings protection and safety.

There is no way to happiness - happiness is the way.

Learn to love, enjoy and embrace what you have in the here and now. That's all you really need to be happy.

We all have a tendency to think that the world must conform to our prejudices. The opposite view involves some effort of thought, and most people would die sooner than think – in fact they do so." The ABC of Relativity [1925]

Again and again we try to escape ourselves, but we fail in our efforts, constantly run our heads into the wall because we don't want to recognize that we can't escape ourselves, except in death.

if that handsome fellow were a cripple he wouldn't repel me, but he isn't a cripple, he is that handsome fellow, so he repels me...

Parasta päättämisessä on että päättää antaa olla. Jos on mahdotonta ymmärtää, on lopetettava ymmärtäminen ja vain kuvattava. Ja koska mitään asiaa ei voi käsittää, on vain tehtävä asioista selko.

How we moved from our different points of departure, our positions, toward one single point, the single acceptable point, death.

As to the crook in your lot, God has made it; and it must continue while He will have it so. Should you ply your utmost force to even it, or make it straight, your attempt will be vain: it will not change for all you can do. Only He who made it can mend it, or make it straight.

When afflictions arrest us, we shall murmur and grumble and struggle until we see that it is God that strikes.