Quotes about Acceptance

In a word, if there is a god, all is well; and if chance rules, do not thou also be governed by it.

Love that only which happens to thee and is spun with the thread of thy destiny. For what is more suitable? In

Shall I do it? I will; so the end of my action be to do good unto men. Doth anything by way of cross or adversity happen unto me? I accept it, with reference unto the Gods, and their providence; the fountain of all things, from which whatsoever comes to pass, doth hang and depend

It's silly to try to escape other people's faults. They are inescapable. Just try to escape your own.

When thou art offended with any man's shameless conduct, immediately ask thyself, Is it possible then that such men should not be in the world? It is not possible. Do not then require what is impossible. ... For at the same time that thou dost remind thyself that it is impossible that such kind of men should not exist, thou wilt become more kindly disposed towards every one individually.

To holiness, in accepting willingly whatsoever is sent by the Divine Providence

To accept it without arrogance, to let it go with indifference.

Suppose that a god announced that you were going to die tomorrow "or the day after." Unless you were a complete coward you wouldn't kick up a fuss about which day it was—what difference could it make? Now recognize that the difference between years from now and tomorrow is just as small.

That thou mayest not die murmuring, but cheerfully, truly, and from thy heart thankful to the gods.

Fear of death is fear of what we may experience. Nothing at all, or something quite new. But if we experience nothing, we can experience nothing bad. And if our experience changes, then our existence will change with it—change, but not cease.

So there are two reasons to embrace what happens. One is that it's happening to you. It was prescribed for you, and it pertains to you. The thread was spun long ago, by the oldest cause of all.

All men are made one for another: either then teach them better, or bear with them.