Quotes About Acceptance

Always liked my sins pure and take it as it comes.

She knew it happened, but now that it had happened and to people near her, she couldn't even absorb it enough to fear it thoroughly.

If we change the definition of marriage to be more inclusive, then it is logical to argue that we should broaden the definition so that won't exclude anyone.

Once we've learned enough about the universe we will admit to ourselves that we will never know everything.

Most of us have spent our lives caught up in plans, expectations, ambitions for the future; in regrets, guilt or shame about the past. To come into the present is to stop the war.

To let go does not mean to get rid of. To let go means to let be. When we let be with compassion, things come and go on their own.

Since death will take us anyway, why live our life in fear? Why not die in our old ways and be free to live?

The art of living is neither careless drifting on the one hand or fearful clinging to the past on the other. It consist in being completely sensitive to each moment, in regarding it as utterly new and unique, in having the mind open and wholly receptive - Allan Watts

As we follow a genuine path of practice, our sufferings may seem to increase because we no longer hide from them or from ourselves. When we do not follow the old habits of fantasy and escape, we are left facing the actual problems and contradictions of our life.

In this there is no judgment and no blame, for we seek not to perfect the world but to perfect our love for what is on this earth.

We need energy, commitment, and courage not to run from our life nor to cover it over with any philosophy—material or spiritual.

The only way to live is by accepting each minute as an unrepeatable miracle.

Equanimity arises when we accept the way things are.

The poet Hafiz writes, Don't surrender your loneliness So quickly. Let it cut more deep. Let it ferment and season you As few human Or even divine ingredients can.

Anger shows us precisely where we are stuck, where our limits are, where we cling to beliefs and fears.

But forgiveness is the act of not putting anyone out of your heart, even those who are acting out of deep ignorance or out of confusion and pain.

Things are wrong and people misbehave, causing our hatred and suffering to arise. But however painful our experiences may be, they are just painful experiences until we add the response of aversion or hatred. Only then does suffering arise. If we react with hatred and aversion, these qualities become habitual. Like a distorted autoimmune response, our misguided reaction of hatred does not protect us; rather, it becomes the cause of our continued unhappiness.

The knowledge of the past stays with us. To let go is simply to release any images and emotions.

If you expect your life to be up and down, your mind will be much more peaceful.

If we gain something, it was there from    the beginning. If we lose anything, it is hidden nearby.

Acceptance is not passivity. It is a courageous step in the process of transformation.

Meditation is not a process of getting rid of something, but one of opening and understanding. When

To protect the separate self, we push certain things away, while to bolster it we hold on to other things and identify with them. A

Trying to hold onto "how it was" will only create suffering and disappointment, because life is a river and everything changes.