Quotes by Acceptance Attempts to help humans eliminate all self-ratings and views self-esteem as a self-defeating concept that encourages them to make conditional evaluations of self. Instead, it teaches people unconditional self-acceptance. Albert Ellis self-esteem acceptance views Nobody needs to go anywhere else. We are all, if we only knew it, already there. If I only knew who in fact I am, I should cease to behave as what I think I am; and if I stopped behaving as what I think I am, I should know who I am. What in fact I am, if only the Manichee I think I am would allow me to know it, is the reconciliation of yes and no lived out in total acceptance and the blessed experience of Not-Two. In religion all words are dirty words. Anybody who gets eloquent about Buddha, or God, or Christ, ought to have his mouth washed out with carbolic soap. Aldous Huxley acceptance blessed dirty We should clearly understand that only the voluntary and conscientious acceptance by a people of its guilt can ensure the healing of a nation. Unremitting reproaches from outside are counterproductive. Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn acceptance healing people You have to deal with the fact that your life is your life. Alex Haley acceptance inspirational facts Change is possible, but it must start with self-acceptance. Alexander Lowen compassion acceptance self Gracious acceptance is an art - an art which most never bother to cultivate. We think that we have to learn how to give, but we forget about accepting things, which can be much harder than giving.... Accepting another person's gift is allowing him to express his feelings for you. Alexander McCall Smith acceptance art thinking Whatever Scotland was, it was not a matriarchy; whereas the United States was a profoundly matriarchal society - and much more feminine than would be suggested by all that male bravado. That was a front, and a misleading one at that; underneath the male swagger lay a passive acceptance of female dominance - a fact not always appreciated by outsiders. Alexander McCall Smith scotland dominance acceptance Two purposes in human nature rule. Self- love to urge, and reason to restrain. Alexander Pope acceptance self love A tomb now suffices him for whom the whole world was not sufficient. Alexander the Great political acceptance death Social standing does not necessarily translate to social acceptance. Alexandra Robbins social acceptance doe Proof, being the highest level of reproduction activity, has an important interiorization aspect: as Yuri Manin stresses in his book Provable and Unprovable, a proof becomes such only after it is accepted (as the result of a highly rigorous process) ... Manin describes the act of acceptance as a social act; however, the importance of its personal, psychological component can hardly be overestimated. Alexandre Borovik stress acceptance book Nor is it wiser to weep a true occasion lost, but trim our sails, and let old bygones be. Alfred Lord Tennyson bygones acceptance lost I would be a billionaire if I was looking to be a selfish boss. That's not me. Alfred North Whitehead boss selfish acceptance In less than eight years "The Origin of Species" has produced conviction in the minds of a majority of the most eminent living men of science. New facts, new problems, new difficulties as they arise are accepted, solved, or removed by this theory; and its principles are illustrated by the progress and conclusions of every well established branch of human knowledge. Alfred Russel Wallace acceptance science knowledge Acceptance of race mixture was more developed in Arab culture than in Jewish culture. Ali Mazrui race acceptance culture Experience has taught us that we have only one enduring weapon in our struggle against mental illness: the emotional discovery and emotional acceptance of the truth in the individual and unique history of our childhood. Alice Miller unique acceptance struggle Mastery of the German language and the acceptance of our legal system has to become part of the criteria for naturalization. Alice Schwarzer german-language mastery acceptance Everything is already perfect. And if you can accept that everything is already perfect, the imperfection is a part of the perfection. What's to worry about? Alice Walker acceptance perfect worry Animals are being exploited in such an unbelievable way; it's not acceptable. Alicia Silverstone acceptance animal way When it's open and honest, that's when the real nature of who you are as a vocalist or as a performer, all of that stuff can finally start to become what it's supposed to be. Like a settling into yourself. It's not even a musical thing, it's a whole mindset, a whole acceptance of who you were supposed to be. Life sounds good Alison Krauss musical real acceptance «1234567891011»