Does one accept oneself on the level of acts, or on the level of being? This is truly a question that relates to the courage to be happy.
Ichiro Kishimi, Fumitake Koga • The Courage to Be Disliked: The Japanese Phenomenon That Shows You How to Change Your Life and Achieve Real Happiness
To have the audacity to be and love and know yourself in a world content to have you live your days in hiding—this is bliss.
Cole Arthur Riley • This Here Flesh: Spirituality, Liberation, and the Stories That Make Us
Does one accept oneself on the level of acts, or on the level of being? This is truly a question that relates to the courage to be happy.
Ichiro Kishimi, Fumitake Koga • The Courage to Be Disliked: The Japanese Phenomenon That Shows You How to Change Your Life and Achieve Real Happiness
In this way, I've learned that loving yourself requires a courage unlike any other. It requires us to believe in and stay loyal to something no one else can see that keeps us in the world—our own self-worth.
Mark Nepo • The Book of Awakening: Having the Life You Want by Being Present to the Life You Have
Many of us spend our lives pursuing private acceptance through external success. But no matter the award or honor, our inner doubts will remain. True acceptance comes from inside us. It takes asking ourselves challenging questions like: What do I want from my work? What’s most important about it to me ? How would I create my work differently if I p... See more