#acceptance

How soon will we accept this opportunity to be fully alive before we die? (88) ↗

— Stephen Levine

#death #dying #life #living #opportunity

Discovery requires courage and acceptance that we are not in control, and that the future is uncertain. ↗

— Bryant McGill

#courage #curiosity #courage

Innocence ends when one is stripped of the delusion that one likes oneself. ↗

— Joan Didion

#innocence #self-acceptance #respect

Nothing brings down walls as surely as acceptance. ↗

— Deepak Chopra

#christ

If God were our one and only desire we would not be so easily upset when our opinions do not find outside acceptance. ↗

— Thomas à Kempis

#christ #christian #opinions #christ

You have peace," the old woman said, "when you make it with yourself. ↗

— Mitch Albom

#self-acceptance #woman

The best way is not to fight it, just go. Don't be trying all the time to fix things. What you run from only stays with you longer. When you fight something, you only make it stronger. ↗

— Chuck Palahniuk

#running

Whatever gets you through the night ↗

— John Lennon

#beatles #perseverance #perseverance

Peace comes from within.  Do not seek it without. ↗

— Gautama Buddha

#inner-peace #peace #self-acceptance #spiritual #spiritual

It is easier to make our wishes conform to our means than to make our means conform to our wishes. ↗

— Robert E. Lee

#expectations #conformity