Quotes about Acceptance

Don't assume that all fat people are gluttons. And don't use the word 'fat.' There is a principle here. Learn from logic and experience not to associate things - especially in preaching - that don't necessarily go together.

That's what I loved about 'Community' - we had one of the most diverse casts on TV, but we didn't emphasize culture. And yet, we also didn't run away from it.

Even if you are divine, you don't disdain male consorts.

My lyrics are about same-sex relationships, because that's who I am. It was important to me that I felt comfortable expressing myself.

Sometimes we look at gay being a bigger sin than being proud or not telling the truth. I don't think God categorizes sins.

We must accept what science tells us, that man was born from the earth. But, more logical than the scientists who lecture us, we must carry this lesson to its conclusion: that is to say, accept that man was born entirely from the world - not only his flesh and bones but his incredible power of thought.

Forgive, O Lord, my little jokes on Thee, and I'll forgive Thy great big joke on me.

Where have those flowers and butterflies all gone That science may have staked the future on? He seems to say the reason why so much Should come to nothing must be fairly faced.

I'm not confused. I'm just well mixed.

A great part of life consists in contemplating what we cannot cure.

Being a person's true friend means endorsing the untruths he holds dearest.

Perhaps the things that break our hearts are the very things that serve to open them.