Quotes About Acceptance

The key to freedom is accepting my own autonomy as an individual, and respecting the autonomy of other individuals, with all of what that means - whatever that means.

Free will is the ability to do gladly that which I must do.

Forgiveness is attention without judgment. It heals the one who forgives and the one who is forgiven.

Responsibility and respect of others and their religious beliefs are also part of freedom.

There is a certain freedom in giving up all hope. One is no longer bound by the cords of dread or fear; you simply move toward the inevitable without thinking on the consequences.

I experience true freedom when I accept, understand, and move on from the conditioning of the past.

In social situations I still feel scared. My best friend and husband give me the freedom to be myself.

It may seem unrealistic to think we can ever become free from hatred, but Buddhists have systematic methods for gradually developing a tolerance powerful enough to give such freedom.

Know that the freedom you seek can be found right here where you are.

Don't let anyone tell you that age purchases your freedom from fear of death.

I am prepared to accept from others their own version of reality. I think it is a basic freedom really, to create one's own reality from whatever truths are available.

[Public] libraries should be open to all—except the c

Christian, Jew, Muslim, shaman, Zoroastrian, stone, ground, mountain, river, each has a secret way of being with the mystery, unique and not to be judged

Strangers are just friends waiting to happen

You do not lament the loss of hair of one who has been beheaded.

You really have to be some kind of a creep for a dog to reject you.

The Friend asks no return but that his Friend will religiously accept and wear and not disgrace his apotheosis of him. They cherish each other's hopes. They are kind to each other's dreams.

The essence of true friendship, in my view, is to make allowances for one another's little lapses.

One is taught by experience to put a premium on those few people who can appreciate you for what you are.

That's the risk you take if you change: that people you've been involved with won't like the new you. But other people who do will come along.

True friends are those who really know you but love you anyway.

To me, friendship means loving tolerance.

Two persons cannot long be friends if they cannot forgive each other's little failings.

Looking back in front of me, in the mirror a grin. Through eyes of love I see, I'm only looking at a friend.