One must not attempt to justify them, but rather to sense their nature simply and clearly.

One must not attempt to justify them, but rather to sense their nature simply and clearly.

The art of acceptance is the art of making someone who has just done you a small favor wish that read more

The art of acceptance is the art of making someone who has just done you a small favor wish that he might have done you a greater one.

Some people swallow the universe like a pill; they travel on through the world, like smiling images pushed from behind.

Some people swallow the universe like a pill; they travel on through the world, like smiling images pushed from behind.

I wish they would only take me as I am.

I wish they would only take me as I am.

Out beyond ideas of wrongdoing and rightdoing, there is a field. I will meet you there.

Out beyond ideas of wrongdoing and rightdoing, there is a field. I will meet you there.

Once we accept our limits, we go beyond them.

Once we accept our limits, we go beyond them.

We will have to repent in this generation not merely for the hateful words and actions of the bad people read more

We will have to repent in this generation not merely for the hateful words and actions of the bad people but for the appalling silence of the good people.

To make oneself an object, to make oneself passive, is a very different thing from being a passive object.

To make oneself an object, to make oneself passive, is a very different thing from being a passive object.

Deep down even the most hardened criminal is starving for the same thing that motivates the innocent baby: Love and read more

Deep down even the most hardened criminal is starving for the same thing that motivates the innocent baby: Love and acceptance