“Buddha was speaking in a village square one day, when one of the inhabitants started to abuse him. Buddha paused and said to the man, "If you offer me a piece of paper and I refuse to accept it, what happens to the paper?" "Why, it stays with me, of course," the villager replied. Buddha smiled gently, "And that is exactly what I am doing with your abuse," he said. "I am not accepting it, therefore it stays with you."” IfsMenSaidWisdomHappensCoursesAcceptingPiecesHe ManOne DayOffersPaperAbuseRefuseVillageSquaresStay With Me Author:Gautama Buddha
“Illusions commend themselves to us because they save us pain and allow us to enjoy pleasure instead. We must therefore accept it without complaint when they sometimes collide with a bit of reality against which they are dashed to pieces.” SometimesRealityPainBitsEnjoyPleasureAcceptingPiecesIllusionInvestingComplaintsCollide Book:Reflections on War and Death Source: Reflections on War and Death
“If I were to give one piece of advice, I would say to never accept anything that you hear or see at face value. As a general rule of thumb, then the more you question, the better.” IfsGivingFacesValuesAcceptingPiecesAdviceThumbsOne PieceFace Value Author:Ernest Gaines
“You, just as you are, and your life here, right now, are all there is and all you need to know. You don't have to do anything special. Mostly, you have to be open to meeting face to face, and even dancing with, the truth that pertains to your life right now. You have to find a way to collect your fractured pieces, examine them, and the accept them as part of who you are. Spiritual practice is about transformation, but it's also, and more importantly, about working with what is.” KnowsWayNeedsFacesSpiritualAcceptingPracticePiecesSpecialRight NowTransformationWho You AreDancingMeetingsFace To FaceSpiritual Practice Author:angel Kyodo Williams
“You cannot spend your life wanting to be someone else, snipping off pieces of yourself you don't like, and suddenly expect, upon reaching a goal, to be confident, self-accepting, rooted like an oak tree in your being.” SelfGoalAcceptingPiecesTreeIdentityReachingRootedOaksBe ConfidentOak TreeReaching Goals Book:Appetites: On the Search for True Nourishment Source: Appetites: On the Search for True Nourishment
“Trying to get today's Republicans to accept basic facts is like trying to get your dog to take a pill. You have to feed them the truth wrapped in a piece of baloney, hold their snouts shut and stroke their throats. and even then, just when you think they've swallowed it, they spit it out on the linoleum.” ThinkingTryingFactsTodayAcceptingPiecesDogRepublicanThroatStrokesPillsSpitBaloney Author:Bill Maher
“The best piece of advice that I remember probably on a daily basis is to accept everything about me that is different. That is what makes me special.” DifferentRememberAcceptingPiecesSpecialAdviceBases Author:Misty Copeland
“What sort of philosophy one chooses depends, therefore, on what sort of man one is; for a philosophical system is not a dead piece of furniture that we can reject or accept as we wish; it is rather a thing animated by the soul of the person who holds it.” MenPersonsSoulPhilosophyWishAcceptingPiecesDependsPhilosophicalRejectsFurnitureAnimated Author:Johann Gottlieb Fichte