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By meditating, one realizes the ever-changing nature of one's thoughts, which in turn leads one to contemplate the impermanence of all things. For the Buddhist the continuity of human life is an illusion, whereas the self is a succession of ideas and experiences. One can obtain inner peace only by letting go of the illusion of continuity and accepting the ceaseless pace of change.
Time Journeys
Paul Halpern
That we accept the world as it is does not in any sense weaken our desire to change it into what we believe it should be — it is necessary to begin where the world is if we are going to change it to what we think it should be. That means working in the system.
Rules for Radicals
Saul Alinsky
The better hope lies along a less negative path. Englightened minds are beginning to feel convinced of this, An acceptance of individual personality drives adjusted to essential principles of social harmony seems on the way. This envisages not a suppression or perversion of innate drives, but an acceptance of them under the condition that they be tempered within the requirements of social mutuality of interests. This necessitates a constant reappraisal of principles of social harmony, so that human behavior be no longer subjected to repressions dictated by the obsessive prejudices and standards of outworn eras. Much of the distortion and neurosis in contemporary personalities is directly attributable to the pressures of social standards unsuited to contemporary needs. Much legitimate, creative energy is driven underground by atmospheres of shame and guilt that invade the healthiest consciences because the vapors of ignorance and stale values are foisted upon them.
Creative Vision in Artist and Audience
Richard Guggenheimer
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