Quotes About Acceptance

Ismét fiút szültem, pompás fiúcska lett, de csak két hónapig élt; mikor azonban leküzdöttem magamban a gyengéd anyai szeretetet, nem is bántam már annyira, hogy a fiúcska meghalt, hiszen mérhetetlen sok gonddal járt volna egy gyermek visszautazásunk során.

todos somos como la arcilla en manos del alfarero y ninguna vasija podía preguntarle: «¿por qué me has hecho así?».

God ... had not only punished me less than my iniquity had deserved, but had so plentifully provided for me - this gave me great hopes that my repentance was accepted, and that God yet had mercy in store for me.

God, grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, Courage to change the things I can, And wisdom to know the difference.

Empathy leads to caring, altruism, and compassion. Seeing things from another's perspective breaks down biased stereotypes, and so breeds tolerance and acceptance of differences. These capacities are ever more called on in our increasingly pluralistic society, allowing people to live together in mutual respect and creating the possibility of productive public discourse. These are basic arts of democracy.

Feelings of inclusion depend not so much on having frequent social contacts or numerous relationships as on how accepted we feel, even in just a few key relationships.

And wisdom to know the difference.

Empathy, as we have seen, leads to caring, altruism, and compassion. Seeing things from another's perspective breaks down biased stereotypes, and so breeds tolerance and acceptance of differences.

La mayor parte de las veces no podemos dictar qué emociones vamos a sentir, cuándo vamos a sentirlas ni con qué fuerza.

The story of Pi is the story of all of us. We all have tigers under our tarpaulins - tigers that, we feel, could destroy us. We think we want to be rid of our tigers. But the truth is, we would feel a great loss if they ran away, because ultimately, each tiger is part of us.

So many of us suffer because we are trying to live the life we once had or the life we wish for. Life is much sweeter when we live the life we have

When we stop fighting against death, we are able to wake up to our lives.

Like all buses, it comes when it comes. You can wait with frustations, angers or feeling of victimhoods or you can wait with patience and relaxation, either way, it won't make the bus come any way faster

change is inevitable, and when it happens, the wisest response is not to wail or whine but to suck it up and deal with it.

You meet people who are in pain in life and love and you forgive them for behaving the way they do.

Shit, I guess I already loved you then. Doomed like a wineglass knowing it'll get dropped someday, shoes that'll be scuffed in no time, the new shirt you'll soon enough muck up filthy.

Is it OK not to be a virgin, yes. Most people aren't virgins, Min. That's why there's people to begin with.

It's one thing for forgive yourself a mistake. But if you knew it was a mistake at the time, how do you forgive yourself then?

You can't mind these things, you just can't, for to dislike what makes a person human is to dislike all humans.

All over the world are particular people, and you could be happy with probably five or six of them, eight if you're bisexual and everyone is.

You have to love the whole person, if you are truly in love.

It's okay to like jerks. I mean, it'd be better to like a nice guy, but there aren't any.

Que si está bien no ser virgen, sí. La mayoría de la gente no lo es, Min. Para empezar, por eso existe la gente.

Relax, she said. You will be wise. You're young. You can't have everything right away. When something simple and true takes you by surprise, it hits you in the stomach.