acceptance quotes from influential philosophers, authors and people
"Don't seek to have events happen as you wish, but wish them to happen as they do happen, and all will be well with you."
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"We cannot change anything until we accept it. Condemnation does not liberate, it oppresses."
70
"Face the facts of being what you are, for that is what changes what you are."
1073
"Boredom is the root of all evil - the despairing refusal to be oneself."
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"A man who has been through bitter experiences and travelled far enjoys even his sufferings after a time."
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"Why have you come to me here, dear heart, with all these instructions? I promise you I will do everything just as you ask. But come closer. Let us give in to grief, however briefly, in each other's arms."
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"The desire for more positive experience is itself a negative experience. And, paradoxically, the acceptance of one’s negative experience is itself a positive experience."
1154
"Because here’s the thing that’s wrong with all of the 'How to Be Happy' shit that’s been shared eight million times on Facebook in the past few years—here’s what nobody realizes about all of this crap: The desire for more positive experience is itself a negative experience. And, paradoxically, the acceptance of one’s negative experience is itself a positive experience."
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