"Once we understand that what happens beyond our control may be just what we need, we see that acceptance of reality can be our way of participating in our own evolution."

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Source : David Richo (2008). “The Five Things We Cannot Change: And the Happiness We Find by Embracing Them”, p.20, Shambhala Publications

David Richo

#Acceptance Quotes #Reality Quotes #Needs Quotes

“We’ve all seen the same situation happen to two people. One looks for the lesson, sets their shoulders back and presses on while the other asks ‘why does it always happen to me?’ You can choose not to sit on the fence. You can choose not to criticise. You must stand as guard at the door of your own mind and choose to be positive.”
“I always work in a room where there's no Internet to keep from being distracted so easily.”
“I used to look down on the world for being corrupt, but now I adore it for the utter magnificence of that corruption.”
“I felt like going out on the road and mixing it with music - which is something young people are always really interested in - would be a good way to proselytize. It was like feminist evangelism.”
“There is no pleasure pure and simple, and some care always comes to mar our joys.”
“What happened to goodbye?”
“I prefer to hike in nature, give lectures, or be with family when not working.”

Source : "Robert Batemen: On home life, health, helping wildlife and his art muse". Interview with Carol Crenna, carolcrenna.wordpress.com. December 15, 2012.
“God is God; you are but one of His creatures. Your only joy is to be found in obeying Him, your true fulfillment is to be found in worshiping Him, your only wisdom is to be found in trusting and knowing Him.”

Source : Sinclair B. Ferguson (1985). “A Heart for God”, NavPress Publishing Group

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