“Acceptance of the unacceptable is the greatest source of grace in this world.”

“The official definition of "open source software," as published by the Open Source Initiative, is very close to our definition of free software; however, it is a little looser in some respects, and they have accepted a few licenses that we consider unacceptably restrictive of the users.”

“Getting older… mostly it entails accepting the unacceptable.”

“The courage to be is the courage to accept oneself, in spite of being unacceptable.”

“Some Shi'ites are asking that Islam be the only source of laws, which means turning Iraq into an Islamic regime, and that is unacceptable. We accept that the religion of Iraq is Islam, and we must respect Islam and the Islamic identity of Iraqi people. But we think Islam should only be one source of the Iraqi laws.”

“Accept what you can not change-change that which is unacceptable.”

“Change the changeable, accept the unchangeable, and remove yourself from the unacceptable.”

“With a cheery delicacy she divided my obsessions into three categories: acceptable, unacceptable, and hilarious.”

“If uncertainty is unacceptable to you, it turns into fear. If it is perfectly acceptable, it turns into increased aliveness, alertness, and creativity.”

“The greatest saving one can make in the order of thought is to accept the unintelligibility of the world — and to pay attention to man.”