Quotes About Acceptance

The one who gets you is the one who makes you forget you ever desired anything as dull and ridiculous as perfection.

I stopped wanting or not wanting anything concerning Bowie a long time ago. I stay neutral. He does what he does. Always has.

It's amazing how fast generations lose sight of other generations. One of the first things the young composers who come to work with me say is that they want to write music people will like, instead of gaining their credentials by being rejected by the audience.

As long as I waste time defending myself I get nothing done and I am not truly Christian; I do not know the depths of the heart of Jesus. To forgive, really forgive, means convincing ourselves deep down that we merited the wrong done to us.

Fearing the transition, being afraid of death, is like being afraid of reality itself; like being afraid of the sun. Whatever for?

To accept uncertainty doesn't detract from our sense of mystery.

Harsh fate, but its burden becomes lighter to bear, since everything that attempts to turn back is impossible. (I, 24)

The proposal is not well received, because people are attached to local time. In 1883, a compromise is reached with the idea of dividing the world into time zones, thereby standardizing time only within each zone. In this way, the discrepancy between twelve on the clock and local midday is limited to a maximum of about thirty minutes. The proposal is gradually accepted by the rest of the world and clocks begin to be synchronized between different cities.

Or does it mean, as it seems to me, that we must accept the idea that reality is only interaction?

In a world where death is the hunter, my friend, there is no time for regrets or doubts. There is only time for decisions.

Amar a nossa falta mesma de amor, E na secura nossa, amar a água implícita, E o beijo tácito, e a sede infinita. (To love even our own lack of love, and in our parched state, to love the implicit water, the implied kiss, the infinite thirst.)

Eis que assisto a meu desmonte palmo a palmo e não me aflijo de me tornar planície

Closing your mind to religion is no different than the close-mindedness that religions can cause.

But we were madly in love! I didn't even consider leaving her because of her ghost vagina. She meant everything to me. I loved her this >< much! (That means infinitely).

The truth is, I'm proud of the life I've lived so far, and though I've made my share of mistakes, I have no regrets.

Then your mother and I did our jobs. Whatever we instilled in you back then, what you rejected because you didn't understand, you now accept. With age comes wisdom. Only by living life can you figure out what's truly important.

A really strong woman accepts the war she went through and is ennobled by her scars.

When we bring self-compassion into everyday life, we learn to be kind to ourselves.

You know criticism when you get into this business. You accept the bad with the good, the tabloids and the positive side of it.

La vida volvía a ser solitaria para mí. Como era algo que parecía no tener remedio, lo tomé con resignación.

Cuando te explicas las cosas a psoteriori, exprimes toda clase de razones, pero luego sólo te bebes el zumo de las que te parecen menos amargas.

El secreto de la felicidad está en no insistir (Gregorio Martínez Sierra).

Y de pronto me sorprendí al comprobar que el corazón ni siquiera se me aceleraba al pensar en ella. Me dolió que no me doliera.

Some days, although we cannot pray, a prayer utters itself.