A person who believes… that there is a whole of which one is part, and that in being a part, one is whole: such a person has no desire whatever, at any time, to play God. Only those who have denied their being yearn to play at it.
—Ursula K. Le Guin
True love cannot be found where it does not exist, nor can it be denied where it does.
—Torquato Tasso
Face the facts of being what you are, for that is what changes what you are.
—Soren Kierkegaard
I never saw a lawyer yet who would admit he was making money.
—Mary Roberts Rinehart
I can reason down or deny everything, except this perpetual Belly; feed he must and will, and I cannot make him respectable.
—Ralph Waldo Emerson
Gratitude unlocks the fullness of life. It turns what we have into enough, and more. It turns denial into acceptance, chaos to order, confusion to clarity. It can turn a meal into a feast, a house into a home, a stranger into a friend. Gratitude makes sense of our past, brings peace for today and creates a vision for tomorrow.
—Melody Beattie
It is always easier to believe than to deny. Our minds are naturally affirmative.
—John Burroughs
Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind.
—Dr. Seuss
Sometimes I feel discriminated against, but it does not make me angry. It merely astonishes me. How can any deny themselves the pleasure of my company?
—Zora Neale Hurston