“Acceptance is the mother of all understandings”
“This is love for me, she said. I am not a good woman, she said. I am the end of all things, she said. This was at the beginning. He shook his head. You are life, he said, and I invite you in.”
Source: The Unfinished World and Other Stories
“with limits, you have to know which ones you are supposed to accept, and which ones you must surpass. Do not waste your time trying to find the knowledge of the universe, that is Gods place and you cannot surpass it. Do spend time getting better at what you are good at and trying out what you are bad at. Limits are either for protection, or for shattering. There is no 'in between'. If there was, I highly doubt the world would be like it is today.”
“I say to myself, at last you are in tune with the universe.”
Source: The New Confessions
“In the churches I used to go to, I felt like I didn't fit in... I was accepted but not understood. There was room at the table for me, but I was not part of the family.”
Source: Blue Like Jazz: Nonreligious Thoughts on Christian Spirituality
“We’re all some mixture of mind and soul. My theory’s always been that when you meet that person you’re willing to work for, it’s because their level matches your own. Maybe not in the same way, or for the same reasons, but enough for them to accept you as you are.”
Source: Pivot Line
“What we do is dictated by what we are doing.”
Source: Body Over Mind: A Mindful Reality Check, attaining psychological freedom by confronting thought with reality
“t Is vreemd, in al die jaren heb ik niet geweten dat het op kantoor zo gezellig kan zijn. In die kaas moest ik stikken, terwijl ik hier, tussen twee briefjes in, even kan luisteren naar innerlijke stemmen.”
Source: Kaas
“I understand it now. You can't shut anything out. You have to open yourself completely and just receive. Let it get close to you, everything that is, and love it.”
Source: Nothing Happened
“The girl doesn't want to have anything to do with me, Anna. I've come to terms with that. Maybe you should, as well. That way, we can all live in peace under the same roof for however long she’s here.”
Source: Just For A While