Acceptance is about accepting the good with the bad — If you want the dog, accept the fleas.

Acceptance is important — make the most of the best and the least of the worst.

Acceptance is a jumping off point, not an endpoint — take life as you find it, but don't leave it so.

Acceptance is taking this stand: whatever the hell happens, say, 'This is what I need'.

Approval is not the same as admiration — Fools admire, but men of sense approve.

Approval is a more sensible cousin of admiration — Fools admire, but men of sense approve.

Approval is at root about the question "am I loved?" and unbeknownst to the asker, is in fact really a version of the question 'Can I approve' or "am I able to love?''.

Authority is powerful — You can't fight City Hall

Authority is everything — eloquence is not what the speaker says but who he is that gives weight to eloquence.

Authority is anathema to freedom — Where there is authority, there is no freedom.

Authority is everything — people accept an idea more readily if you say Benjamin Franklin said it first.