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“I follow four dictates: face it, accept it, deal with it, then let it go.”

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Sheng-yen, whose real name was Li Maosheng, was a mysterious figure. He was born on December 4, 1930, and passed away on February 3, 2009. Detailed information about him is limited. more

“The face of love is variable. I am able to love without demanding that my relationships assume the structures and forms I might choose for them. My love is fluid, flexible, committed, creative. My love allows people and events to unfold as they need. My love is not controlling. It does not dictate or demand. My love allows those I love the freedom to assume the forms most true to them. I release all those I love from my preconceptions of their path. I allow them the dignity of self-definition while I offer them a constant love that is every variable in shape.”

“Stop waiting for others to change. Recognize that every person has the right to be whatever they choose-even if you irritate yourself about it.”

“To accept the truth of who you really are takes nothing short of realization. You have to see the diamond for yourself.”

Accepting Acceptance Realization Self Acceptance Diamond Accepting The Truth

Book:The Path of the Human Being: Zen Teachings on the Bodhisattva Way

Source: The Path of the Human Being: Zen Teachings on the Bodhisattva Way

“I have never accepted what many people have kindly said - namely that I inspired the nation. Their will was resolute and remorseless, and as it proved, unconquerable. It fell to me to express it.”

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Author:Winston Churchill

“If you grow a garden you are going to shed some sweat, and you are going to spend some time bent over; you will experience some aches and pains. But it is in the willingness to accept this discomfort that we strike the most telling blow against the power plants and what they represent.”

Ifs Pain Time Grows Accepting Acceptance Garden Plant Blow Strikes Over You Willingness Sweat Shed Bent Ache Discomfort Power Plants Aches And Pains

Author:Wendell Berry

“And the trouble with me is that my ego just can't accept a loss. I suppose that if I were more perfectly adjusted, I would toss off defeat, but my name is on this ball club. Thirty-six men publicly reflect me and reflect on me, and it's a matter of my pride.”

Source: Run to Daylight!: Vince Lombardi’s Diary of One Week with the Green Bay Packers

“Childhood itself is scarcely more lovely than a cheerful, kindly, sunshiny old age.”

Love Age Childhood Aging Lovely Old Age Birthday Sentimental Cheerful

Author:Lydia M. Child

“When a man finds that it is his destiny to suffer, he will have to accept his suffering as his 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.”

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Book:Man's Search For Meaning, Gift Edition

Source: Man's Search For Meaning, Gift Edition

“No one on earth can hurt you, unless you accept the hurt in your own mind. . . The problem is not other people; it is your reaction.”

People Mind Problem Earth Hurt Accepting Acceptance Reactions

Author:Vernon Howard

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