Quotes about Acceptance

The only way to ease our fear and be truly happy is to acknowledge our fear and look deeply at its source.

When a feeling or thought arises, your intention should not be to chase it away, even if by continuing to concentrate on the breath the feeling or thought passes naturally from the mind. The intention isn't to chase it away, hate it, worry about it, or be frightened by it. So what exactly should you be doing concerning such thoughts and feelings? Simply acknowledge their presence.

Happiness can be attained by letting go, including letting go of your ideas about happiness.

Love is a living, breathing thing. There is no need to force it to grow in a particular direction. If we start by being easy and gentle with ourselves, we will find it is just there inside of us, solid and healing.

Often we either don't plan at all, or we get caught up in obsessive planning because we fear the future and its uncertainty.

Relax. It's only a game.

it is always possible to practice "I have arrived, I am home." I have run all my life; I am not going to run anymore; now I am determined to stop and really live my life.

The way to suffer well and be happy is to stay in touch with what is actually going on; in doing so, you will gain liberating insights into the true nature of suffering and of joy.

Now I see that if one doesn't know how to die, one can hardly know how to live - because death is a part of life.

Whatever views we hold, we should be careful not to get caught up in thinking that our view is the "best" and that only we have the truth.

Whenever a painful feeling or emotion arises, we should be able to be present with it, not fight it, but recognize it.

Compassion doesn't mean that you have to love that person who's so difficult. But if you stop and look deeper, you'll see that person's difficulties. If you can accept him, then you can love him.