William James Quotes About Acceptance

Quotes about: Acceptance

• The deepest principle in human nature is the craving to be appreciated.

  William James

  Inspirational, Motivational, Relationship

  Letter to his class at Radcliffe College, 6 Apr. 1896, in Letters (1920) vol. 2, p. 33

• Acceptance of what has happened is the first step to overcoming the consequences of any misfortune.

  William James

  Motivational, Happiness, Freedom

• Give up the feeling of responsibility, let go your hold, resign the care of your destiny to higher powers, be genuinely indifferent as to what becomes of it all and you will find not only that you gain a perfect inward relief, but often also, in addition, the particular goods you sincerely thought you were renouncing.

  William James

  Letting Go, Giving Up, Responsibility

  William James (1985). “The Varieties of Religious Experience”, p.95, Harvard University Press

• At bottom, the whole concern of religion is with the manner of our acceptance of the universe.

  William James

  Wise, Wisdom, Acceptance

  William James (2013). “The Varieties of Religious Experience”, p.41, Courier Corporation

• A great idea goes through three stages on its way to acceptance: 1) it is dismissed as nonsense, 2) it is acknowledged as true, but insignificant, 3) finally, it is seen to be important, but not really anything new.

  William James

  Acceptance, Ideas, Important

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