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I knew then that this is how God loves us all and receives us all, and that there is no such thing in this universe as hell, except maybe in our own terrified minds. Because if even one broken and limited human being could experience even one such episode of absolute forgiveness and acceptance of her own self, then imagine—just imagine!—what God, in all His eternal compassion, can forgive and accept. ↗

— Elizabeth Gilbert

#compassion #forgiveness #god #love #people

I miss the personalization that Vegas was - there were showroom captains and all the dealers knew the gamblers by their first names. ↗

— Wayne Newton

#dealers #first #gamblers #i #knew

Happiness can exist only in acceptance. ↗

— George Orwell

#exist #happiness #only

Temptation is like a knife, that may either cut the meat or the throat of a man; it may be his food or his poison, his exercise or his destruction. ↗

— John Owen

#destruction #either #exercise #food #his

If Romney explains why where we are with Obama is unacceptable, why whither we are tending is even worse - and why his own alternative path forward is superior - then we trust the American people to make the right choice in November. ↗

— Bill Kristol

#american #american people #choice #even #even worse

Be willing to have it so. Acceptance of what has happened is the first step to overcoming the consequences of any misfortune. ↗

— William James

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Temptation is a woman's weapon and man's excuse. ↗

— H. L. Mencken

#man #temptation #weapon #woman

Acceptance of what has happened is the first step to overcoming the consequences of any misfortune. ↗

— William James

#any #consequences #first #first step #happened

When I am able to resist the temptation to judge others, I can see them as teachers of forgiveness in my life, reminding me that I can only have peace of mind when I forgive rather than judge. ↗

— Gerald Jampolsky

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Clearly recognizing what is happening inside us, and regarding what we see with an open, kind and loving heart, is what I call Radical Acceptance. If we are holding back from any part of our experience, if our heart shuts out any part of who we are and what we feel, we are fueling the fears and feelings of separation that sustain the trance of unworthiness. Radical Acceptance directly dismantles the very foundations of this trance. ↗

— Tara Brach

#lovingkindness #self-confidence #spirituality #experience