The belief that we are deficient and unworthy makes it difficult to trust that we are truly loved

On this sacred path of Radical Acceptance, rather than striving for perfection, we discover how to love ourselves into wholeness.

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

Observing desire without acting on it enlarges our freedom to choose how we live.

Pain is not wrong. Reacting to pain as wrong initiates the trance of unworthiness. The moment we believe something is wrong, our world shrinks and we lose ourselves in the effort to combat the pain.

But this revolutionary act of treating ourselves tenderly can begin to undo the aversive messages of a lifetime.

As I noticed feelings and thoughts appear and disappear, it became increasingly clear that they were just coming and going on their own. . . . There was no sense of a self owning them.

What would it be like if I could accept life--accept this moment--exactly as it is?

I found myself praying: "May I love and accept myself just as I am.

In anguish and desperation, I reached out as I had many times before to the presence I call the Beloved. This unconditionally loving and wakeful awareness had always been a refuge for me.

I was manipulating my inner experience rather than being with what was actually happening.

The same word we love and hate, leaves in different directions, taking different paths.

He will unfailingly be pleased with our patience and take note of our diligence and perseverance.

The biggest mistake you can ever make it to compare yourself to others. - Gideon

The proportion between the velocity with which men or animals move, and the weights they carry, is a matter of considerable importance, particularly in military affairs.

I am fascinated by the indecisive moment and the peripheral view.

I've always felt that night doesn't fall. Night rises. There are these incidences in flying where you just sit there. It's one of the best seats in the house.

I have never been the mousy, stand-two-paces-behind, obedient 'little woman' type.

[The Clean Power Plan] is an important step toward curbing carbon pollution and addressing climate change.

The only justification of rebellion is success.

As I ramble through life, whatever be my goal, I will unfortunately always keep my eye upon the doughnut and not upon the whole.