Acceptance Quotes
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She had believed the land was her enemy, and she struggled against it, but you could not make war against a land any more than you could against the sea. One had to learn to live with it, to belong to it, to fit into its seasons and its ways.
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Sometimes, that means you must accept the unacceptable, in order to move with it and take charge over it. Only then can you redirect whatever is aimed at you towards your desired result.
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The art of living lies less in eliminating our troubles than in growing with them.
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The beauty of the soul shines out when a man bears with composure one heavy mischance after another, not because he does not feel them, but because he is a man of high and heroic temper.
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The English know how to make the best of things. Their so-called muddling through is simply skill at dealing with the inevitable.
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The fishermen know that the sea is dangerous and the storm terrible, but they have never found these dangers sufficient reason for remaining ashore.
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The grass must bend when the wind blows across it.
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The great soul surrenders itself to fate.
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The greatest and most important problems of life are all fundamentally insoluble. They can never be solved but only outgrown.
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The greatest evil which fortune can inflict on men is to endow them with small talents and great ambitions.
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The ideal man bears the accidents of life with dignity and grace, making the best of circumstances.
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The mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation.
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The most popular persons are those who take the world as it is, who find the least fault.
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The point... is to dwell upon the brightest parts in every prospect, to call off the thoughts when turning upon disagreeable objects, and strive to be pleased with the present circumstances.
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The secret of success is to be in harmony with existence, to be always calm ... to let each wave of life wash us a little farther up the shore.
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The trouble with most people is that they think with their hopes or fears or wishes rather than with their minds.
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The truth does not change according to our ability to stomach it emotionally.
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The unknown is what it is. And to be frightened of it is what sends everybody scurrying around chasing dreams, illusions, wars, peace, love, hate, all that. Unknown is what it is. Accept that it's unknown, and it's plain sailing.
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The world is not to be put in order; the world is order, incarnate. It is for us to harmonize with this order.
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There are no conditions to which a man cannot become accustomed.
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