Some people confuse acceptance with apathy, but there's all the difference in the world. Apathy fails to distinguish between what can and what cannot be helped; acceptance makes that distinction. Apathy paralyzes the will-to-action; acceptance frees it by relieving it…

Quote by Arthur Gordon

Topics: Acceptance Quotes, Apathy Quotes

Some people confuse acceptance with apathy, but there's all the difference in the world. Apathy...

Some people confuse acceptance with apathy, but there's all the difference in the world. Apathy...

When you find peace within yourself, you become the kind of person who can live...

When you find peace within yourself, you become the kind of person who can live...

A true man never frets about his place in the world, but just slides into...

A true man never frets about his place in the world, but just slides into...

When you are outraged by somebodys impudence, ask yourself at once, Can the world exist...

When you are outraged by somebodys impudence, ask yourself at once, Can the world exist...

There comes a time when you have to stand up and shout: This is me...

There comes a time when you have to stand up and shout: This is me...

There comes a time when you have to stand up and shout: This is me...

There comes a time when you have to stand up and shout: This is me...

If a ship has been sunk, I can't bring it up. If it is going...

If a ship has been sunk, I can't bring it up. If it is going...

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

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

If a person can't accept you for who you really are, than they don't deserve...

If a person can't accept you for who you really are, than they don't deserve...

Don't try to understand everything. Because sometimes it's not meant to be understood, but to...

Don't try to understand everything. Because sometimes it's not meant to be understood, but to...

Hospitality means primarily the creation of free space where the stranger can enter and become...

Hospitality means primarily the creation of free space where the stranger can enter and become...

One already wet does not feel the rain.

One already wet does not feel the rain.

To accept Christ is to receive Him by faith as your Lord and Savior. But,...

To accept Christ is to receive Him by faith as your Lord and Savior. But,...

Accept your humanness as well as your divinity, totally and without reserve.

Accept your humanness as well as your divinity, totally and without reserve.

Many of us crucify ourselves between two thieves - regret for the past and fear...

Many of us crucify ourselves between two thieves - regret for the past and fear...

Total unconditional acceptance of yourself is the first step in building a positive self-image.

Total unconditional acceptance of yourself is the first step in building a positive self-image.

I would not look upon anger as something foreign to me that I have to...

I would not look upon anger as something foreign to me that I have to...

California sunlight - sweet Calcutta rain - Honolulu starbright - the song remains the same.

California sunlight - sweet Calcutta rain - Honolulu starbright - the song remains the same.

No one cares. Apathy is a disease and some days I long for it.

No one cares. Apathy is a disease and some days I long for it.

Love is bullshit. Emotion is bullshit. I am a rock. A jerk. I'm an uncaring...

Love is bullshit. Emotion is bullshit. I am a rock. A jerk. I'm an uncaring...