"The first step in this process of mindfulness is radical self-acceptance ."

-- Stephen Batchelor

#Acceptance Quotes #Self Quotes #Mindfulness Quotes

“When you put ungodly people in office you put ungodly principles in office. God can't bless ungodly principles therefore God can't bless you for promoting ungodly principles. If you put Godly people in office you put Godly in office God can bless Godly principles therefore he can bless you for promoting Godly principles.”
“Youthfulness is connected to the ability to see things new for the first time. So if your eyes still look at life with wonder, then you will seem young, even though you may not be chronologically young.”

Source : "Larry King Live", edition.cnn.com. February 24, 2006.
“The History of every major Galactic Civilization tends to pass through three distinct and recognizable phases, those of Survival, Inquiry and Sophistication, otherwise known as the How, Why, and Where phases. For instance, the first phase is characterized by the question 'How can we eat?' the second by the question 'Why do we eat?' and the third by the question 'Where shall we have lunch?”
“All music is nothing more than a succession of impulses that converge towards a definite point of repose.”
“Never ask a man where's he's been. If he's out on legitimate business, he doesn't need an alibi. And, girls, if he has been out on illegitimate business, it's your own fault.”
“Autumn that year painted the countryside in vivid shades of scarlet, saffron and russet, and the days were clear and crisp under harvest skies.”

Source : Sharon Kay Penman (2002). “Time and Chance”, p.291, Penguin
“There will always be a few people who just want to knock you down or are jealous or just want to be horrible for the sake of it. I don't know what drives someone to be nasty.”
“Most men talk too much. Much of my success has been due to keeping my mouth shut.”

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