"When you say “yes” to the “isness” of life, when you accept this moment as it is, you can feel a sense of spaciousness within you that is deeply peaceful."
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"All understanding begins with our not accepting the world as it appears."
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"Have we fallen into a mesmerized state that makes us accept as inevitable that which is inferior or detrimental, as though having lost the will or the vision to demand that which is good?"
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"Refusing to grow up is like refusing to accept your limitations. That's why I don't think we'll ever grow up."
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"Wisdom accepts that all things have two sides"
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"When something happens, the only thing in your power is your attitude toward it; you can either accept it or resent it."
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"Avoiding offense means that we don't accept each other as equals."
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"Accept that you are where you are and what you are because of your own choices and decisions."
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"Modern intelligence won't accept anything on authority. But it will accept anything without authority."
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"I decided to accept as true my own thinking."
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"Once you accept the existence of God - however you define him, however you explain your relationship to him - then you are caught forever with his presence in the center of all things."
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"The doctor who willingly accepts destroying life will have no grounds on which to object if the state should compel that doctor to destroy life."
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"I feel that when we really love and accept and approve of ourselves exactly as we are, then everything in life works."
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"I can't overestimate the importance of accepting ourselves exactly as we are right now, not as we wish we were or think we ought to be."
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"We cannot do better than to accept the standards of other times, and to adapt them to our uses."
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"It is always well to accept your own shortcomings with candor but to regard those of your friends with polite incredulity."
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"When you accept yourself, the Universe accepts you."
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"Science is a willingness to accept facts even when they are opposed to wishes."
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"We cannot change anything unless we accept it."
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"Better to perish from fools than to accept praises from them."
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