Thread: Notable quotes, excerpts, and profound lines.
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Old 03-15-2016, 02:39 PM   #3007
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Originally Posted by covingtoncat73 View Post
"I will not struggle against the whole universe by struggling against this moment. My acceptance is total and complete. I accept things as they are this moment, not as I wish they were." ~D-Chop
This evokes for me the exchange where Margaret Fuller, American Transcendentalist, said, "I accept the universe."

And Thomas Carlyle, hearing of this, said, "Gad, she'd better!"
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