Philosophy on acceptance
5 passages from 3 thinkers — Marcus Aurelius, Albert Camus, Rainer Maria Rilke — on acceptance.
“Accept the things to which fate binds you, and love the people with whom fate brings you together.”
“One must imagine Sisyphus happy.”
“Let everything happen to you: beauty and terror. Just keep going. No feeling is final.”
“Accepting the absurdity of everything around us is one step, a necessary experience: it should not become a dead end. It arouses a revolt that can become fruitful.”
“For we carry our fate with us — and it carries us. (Hays translation)”