"One can develop new capacities and strengths with which to meet the natural vicissitudes of living; that one may gain a sense of inner peace through greater self-acceptance, through a more realistic perspective on one's relationships and experiences."

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Source : Eda J. LeShan (1965). “How to survive parenthood”

Eda LeShan

#Acceptance Quotes #Self Quotes #Perspective Quotes

“When everything else physical and mental seems to diminish, the appreciation of beauty is on the increase.”
“Sometimes, things may not go your way, but the effort should be there every single night.”
“Because we are interested in promoting wellness, we will integrate medicine with performing arts, arts and crafts, agriculture, recreation, nature, and social service.”
“People love fast. When you're fast people think you're smart, think your products are of higher quality, think your management is of higher quality, think that you're worth more and they're willing to pay more money for it. So, I'm really big into speed.”
“What is a historian? Someone who doesn't write well enough to work on a daily.”
“There are days I drop words of comfort on myself like falling leaves and remember that it is enough to be taken care of by myself.”
“Maybe [artistry] doesn't have to be quite so full of anguish if you never happened to believe, in the first place, that the most extraordinary aspects of your being came from you. But maybe if you just believed that they were on loan to you from some unimaginable source for some exquisite portion of your life to be passed along when you're finished ... it starts to change everything.”
“Who said that justice is what you imagine? Can you be sure that you know it when you see it, that you will live long enough to recognize the decisive thunder of its occurrence, that it can be manifest within a generation, within ten generations, within the entire span of human existence? What you are talking about is common sense, not justice. Justice is higher and not as easy to understand - until it presents itself in unmistakable splendor. The design of which I speak is far above our understanding. But we can sometimes feel its presence.”

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