#acceptance

Will is… difficult,” Jem said. “But family is difficult. If I didn’t think the Institute was the best place for you, Tessa, I wouldn’t say it was. And one can build one’s own family. I know you feel inhuman, and as if you were set apart, away from life and love, but…” His voice cracked a little, the first time Tessa had heard him sound unsure. He cleared his throat. “I promise you, the right man won’t care. ↗

— Cassandra Clare

#family #jem-carstairs #love #family

Forgive me if what has seemed little to you, to me is all. ↗

— José Saramago

#forgiveness

--I truly and deeply wanted to kill him. And I believe I could have done it, with nothing but my hands. But all of a sudden, out of nowhere, Peter had an arm around me. "Let it go, Kade," he was whispering very gently, though his arm was nearly crushing me. "Open your fists," he said, "and let go of the coals. ↗

— David James Duncan

#forgiveness #letting-go #forgiveness

Home is where 'I know you', 'I accept you', 'I forgive you', and 'I love you' are most likely to be heard. ↗

— Richelle E. Goodrich

#forgiveness #home #love #richelle #richelle-goodrich

The moment that judgement stops through acceptance of what it is, you are free of the mind. You have made room for love, for joy, for peace. ↗

— Eckhart Tolle

#freedom #space #freedom

If you go to war with your mind, you will always be at war. ↗

— T. Scott McLeod

#acceptance-of-others #awakening #enlightenment #freedom #life-s-truths

The boundary to what we can accept is the boundary to our freedom. ↗

— Tara Brach

#boundaries #freedom #freedom

What is freedom? It consists in two things: to know each his own limitations and accept them – that is the same thing as to know oneself, and accept oneself as one is, without fear, or envy, or distaste; and to recognise and accept the conditions under which one lives, also without fear or envy, or distaste. When you do this, you shall be free. ↗

— Ann Bridge

#happiness #self-acceptance #self-awareness #freedom

You reclaim your power by loving what you were once taught to hate. ↗

— Bryant McGill

#freedom #love #freedom

That's what friends should do. cherish the good and pretend not to notice the harmless rest. ↗

— Beth Hoffman

#friendship #friendship