To be a poet, I realized, a true poet, was to become the Avatar of humanity incarnate; to accept the mantle of poet is to carry the cross of the Son of Man, to suffer the birth pangs of the Soul-Mother of Humanity.
I nod, because I do understand. I'm just not sure how to go about divorcing myself from the evil I've already accepted.
If I had had the power to prevent my own birth I should certainly never have consented to accept existence under such ridiculous conditions.
The things about others that irritate, annoy, and unsettle us are the very things we have not accepted and embraced about ourselves
Any country that accepts abortion is not teaching its people to love but to use violence to get what they want.
We are on the same journey same path same confusing struggle no longer venturing it alone accepting one another embracing one another.
When we don’t allow setbacks to defeat us, they become opportunities for learning, acceptance, flexibility, and patience.
Because seeing someone’s heart ripped out, presumably for the first time, is something a person should accept naturally, like finding out there’s no Santa Clause.
The children nodded in agreement, and rose from the table. Leaving their dirty breakfast dishes behind, which is not a good thing to do in general but perfectly acceptable in the face of an emergency.
A man who had the legions of the east marching at his back could be bred by a donkey on a mule and the senate would have no choice but to accept him.
You and me, baby girl, we're too jaded. We just want mind-blowing sex with someone who knows we're fucked up and accepts it.
It wasn’t that everything was going my way, but I began to believe that the way it was going was perfect. I accepted that where I was in life, was exactly where I was supposed to be.
You have to accept and agree with this short notice that “having a dream is different from fulfilling a dream”. “To have a dream” is just a bargaining process; “fulfilling it” is the real purchasing hour!
Congratulate yourself as a good beginner. Feel proud of God for choosing you to begin the work at hand. Accept the work freely and get started. Be grateful.
Without good personal brands, whatever you do may not be accepted and patronized; without any brand at all, you may do something great which will not be known.
I don't believe time heals. I don't want it to. If I heal, doesn't that mean I've accepted the world without her?
The mind is constituted to accept the god of the more powerful. If you have to choose between the god of the slave owner and the god of the enslaved, naturally you will choose the former . . .
My personal opinion is that the neutral position on the mood spectrum—what I called emotional sea level—is not happiness but rather contentment and the calm acceptance that is the goal of many kinds of spiritual practice.
It is a severe cruelty inflicted upon women...that we should be the ones who so desperately need love...affection...acceptance. And yet we suffer, many of us, for lack of it throughout our entire lives.
The beautiful world is just one thought away. It's already there just waiting for us to realize and to accept it.
Do what you can to help people but have the wisdom to accept your limits.
