Quotes about Acceptance

Yes, a man can get used to anything, but do not ask us how.

Nothing can be undone, and nothing can be done away with. I should say having been is the surest kind of being.

The way in which a man accepts his fate and all the suffering it entails, the way in which he takes up his cross, gives him ample opportunity—even under the most difficult circumstances—to add a deeper meaning to his life.

hand. When a man finds that it is his destiny to suffer, he will have to accept his suffering as his task; his single and unique task. He will have to acknowledge the fact that even in suffering he is unique and alone in the universe. No one can relieve him of his suffering or suffer in his place. His unique opportunity lies in the way in which he bears his burden.

To say yes to life is not only meaningful under all circumstances--because life itself is--but it is also possible under all circumstances.

When a man finds it is his destiny to suffer, he will have to accept his suffering as his task; his single and unique task. He will have to acknowledge the fact that even in suffering he is unique and alone in the universe. No one can relieve him of his suffering or suffer in his place. His unique opportunity lies in the way in which he bears his burden.

For nothing [...] is more heavenly than to resist and to yield; to yield and to resist.

We are all swept on by the torrent of things grown so familiar that they cast no shade...

When the storm crosses the marsh and sweeps over me where I lie in the ditch unregarded I need no words.

To know the truth—to accept without bitterness

You are you. That is what consoles me for the lack of many things.

How terrible old age was, she thought; shearing off all one's faculties, one by one, but leaving something alive in the centre.