“To run away from life and desire is impossible because you are life and you have desire. Accept that this is part of your physical condition and see that these aspects are not really indigenous to what you are.” RunningDesireAcceptingImpossibleConditionsBuddhismAspectPurityRunning AwayIndigenous Author:Frederick Lenz
“...there ... remains a huge following [of Ayn Rand's philosophy] of those who ignore the indiscretions, infidelities, and moral inconsistencies of the founder and focus instead on the positive aspects of her philosophy. There is much in it to admire, if you do not have to accept the whole package... Criticism of the founder or followers of a philosophy does not, by itself, constitute a negation of any part of the philosophy... Criticism of part of a philosophy does not gainsay the whole.” IfsThinkingDoePhilosophyWholeAcceptingMoralFocusHugeAspectCriticismRemainsFollowingAdmireFollowersFoundersInfidelityPackagesInconsistencyNegation Author:Michael Shermer
“The success that comes from my books is not something I feel very comfortable with. Past a certain point you have to accept the idea that the success is a lot to do with the timing and luck and that divorces you from it massively. There are aspects of it that I haven't got used to at all. But I've enjoyed some parts of it massively. It relates to the same reason I did a lot of backpacking partly for the experience it's something to tell my grandkids. It's a weird chain of events to have in your life.” FeelsBookIdeasReasonPastUsedCertainAcceptingEventsHavensComfortableAspectLuckDivorceChainsEnjoyedRelateTimingGrandkidsBackpackingChain Of Events Author:Alex Garland
“If something isn't working out in one aspect of my career, it's not any big neurotic, crazy phase for me, it's just something that I accept, and that's okay. I'm not going to keep banging my head against the wall.” IfsBigsAcceptingCareersCrazyWallAspectOkayWork OutPhasesNeuroticBanging Author:Irene Cara
“It's like that perfection thing, trying to be that thing you're not. You have to feel that discomfort and not try to get rid of it. Accept that aspect and get into it. Acknowledge those feelings and let them be. You are who you are.” FeelsTryingFeelingsAcceptingAspectPerfectionWho You AreAcknowledgeBe YouDiscomfort Author:Jeff Bridges
“The irreversibility of time. That's the hardest thing to accept at our age, that's the most violent aspect of death.” AgeTimeAcceptingAspectViolentHardestHardest Thing Author:Francine du Plessix Gray
“Anyone who has ever been a mother or father and is at all honest knows from experience how difficult it can be for parents to accept certain aspects of their children. It is especially painful to have to admit this if we really love our child and want to respect his or her individuality yet are unable to do so.” IfsKnowsWantChildrenMotherCertainFatherParentDifficultAcceptingHonestAspectOur ChildrenIndividualityPainfulLove Our Children Book:For Your Own Good: Hidden Cruelty in Child-Rearing and the Roots of Violence Source: For Your Own Good: Hidden Cruelty in Child-Rearing and the Roots of Violence
“For the artist, the goal of the painting or musical composition is not to convey literal truth, but an aspect of a universal truth that if successful, will continue to move and to touch people even as contexts, societies and cultures change. For the scientist, the goal of a theory is to convey "truth for now"--to replace an old truth, while accepting that someday this theory, too, will be replaced by a new "truth," because that is the way science advances.” PeopleIfsWayMovingArtistCultureGoalAcceptingSuccessfulPaintingTheoryTruth IsAspectScientistUniversalMusicalSomedayCompositionReplacedLiteralUniversal TruthCulture ChangeSociety And CultureMusical Composition Author:Daniel Levitin
“Highly competitive athletes like Ginny Gilder have a gift for tolerating pain and ignoring adversity. They accept these things as the price they pay for greatness. These habits of mind and body serve us well in many aspects of our lives, but not in all aspects of our lives. Course Correction is about taking time to heal and exploring the joy that lies beyond adversity.” MindWellsBodyPainJoyLyingCoursesPayAcceptingOur LivesGreatnessHabitAspectAdversityAthleteHealTake TimeExploringMind And BodyCorrectionsTime HealsHabits Of MindCourse Correction Author:Tori Murden
“The emotional aspects of a wilderness experience might be compared to a religious experience. It is particularly valuable for those people whose unconscious associations of pain and discomfort in relationships to man render a deity in human form impossible. Christianity is unacceptable to some people because of the use of the human symbol, but some who can't accept Christ can gain a tremendous sense of peace from relating to uncontaminated areas.” PeopleMenHumansUseMightPainFormChristReligiousAcceptingChristianityEnvironmentImpossibleEmotionalGainsAreasAspectValuableSymbolsUnconsciousWildernessAssociationDeitiesDiscomfortReligious ExperienceHuman Form Author:Donald Glover
“If we want to be women of contentment, we must choose to accept our portion, our assigned roles from God. We must make the choice to dwell on the positive aspects of our role in life. If we don't we'll be discontent, always wanting something different from what we've been given.” IfsWantDifferentChoicesGivenAcceptingRolesAspectContentmentPortionsDiscontentRoles In Life Author:Linda Dillow
“The aspects you are willing to ignore are more important than the aspects you are willing to accept.” ImportantAcceptingWillingAspect Author:Erik Naggum