Quotes About Acceptance

A great tactician creates plans. A good tactician recognizes the soundness of a plan presented to him. A fair tactician must see the plan succeed before offering approval. Those with no tactical ability at all may never understand or accept it. Nor

Don't you believe that," she said very slowly. "Don't you believe that, Lena. Black folk belong here. You belong here. Don't believe black folks don't belong on the beach. Don't never believe black folks don't belong nowhere. Don't be afraid, Lena. Claim what is yours. I died to be here on this beach, Lena. Don't never forget that. You belong anywhere on this earth you want to.

At the end of the play, the shrew is tamed (...). All good fun. Under the guise of comedy, the most horrible acts are perpetrated on a woman. It's a nightmare, because the sexism is so completely accepted - It is simply "the way it is". Nowhere is it questioned.

If he could hope for anything in that moment, it was to embrace the true soul of another person, and to know that he was embraced as well.

I'm not wise, but the beginning of wisdom is there it's like relaxing into - and an acceptance of - things.

We should not shed tears That is a surrender of the body to the heart It is only proof That we are beings that do not know What to do with out hearts

One day I dream that we can grow in a matured society where nobody would be 'normal or abnormal' but just human beings, accepting any other human being -- ready to grow together.

Scratches inside the eye can be covered by a specs but Scratches inside our heart cannot be covered by anything

Slap Me, But Don`t Hate Me

Friends, I have lost a day.

Certo che per sopportarti non è che bisogna essere imbecilli, però aiuta

Viene la notte, la notte scura, piena di cose che fanno paura, di sogni fasulli, di incubi veri, di sangue di morte e di uomini neri... Non serve gridare, non serve fuggire, l'unica cosa da fare è morire...

Per i prossimo dieci anni la tua vita sarà orribile, avrai grandi problemi e niente ti andrà bene", dice l'indovino. "E poi?", chiede ansioso il cliente. "Poi? Poi ci farai l'abitudine!

Mi piace essere in un corpo che ormai invecchia. Posso guardare le montagne senza il desiderio di scalarle. Quand'ero giovane le avrei volute conquistare. Ora posso lasciarmi conquistare da loro. Le montagne, come il mare, ricordano una misura di grandezza dalla quale l'uomo si sente ispirato, sollevato. Quella stessa grandezza è anche in ognuno di noi, ma lì ci è difficile riconoscerla. Per questo siamo attratti dalle montagne.

Nie nale?y os?dza? ?ycia innych ludzi. Nawet je?eli kto? umar? w m?odym wieku na zapalenie j?der, to mo?e jego los w?a?nie w ten sposób si? dope?ni?.

I was giving up-- being realistic , as people liked to say, meaning the same thing. Being realistic made me feel bitter.

A man who denies his past is a man who truly denies himself a future, for he refuses to know himself, and to deny knowledge of oneself is to stumble through life as handicapped as the blind mute.

We cannot choose the times we live in. Just as, sometimes, we cannot choose whom we love.

Each dog marks a section of our lives, and in the end, we feed them to the dark, burying them there while we carry on.

Finally, there was no more recourse, no more beautiful solution, just ugly Resignation and Defeat. At night, Marat would come. It was the only time her fear felt beautiful. He said little. They always made love, though he called it fucking. She was so fascinated with her own acceptance of pleasure. When they were done, he promptly left. There were more heads to roll. It seemed never- ending. The

Go into everything thinking it may be temporary.

we cannot escape the things we must face.

No society can include us without simultaneously alienating us from it. My belonging in a society always breaks down, which enables me to turn against this society when it takes a direction that I cannot accept. This is why I am free. Freedom is not a value of belonging, of being a member of a free society. Freedom becomes apparent as a value when we experience our nonbelonging, a nonbelonging that is universal because it applies to everyone, even those who most feel like they fit in.

Love depends on the embrace of what is undesirable in the Other.