Quotes About Letting go

There's no way to become happy. We simply need to stop doing the things that make us unhappy.

True realization, true enlightenment, comes through a complete relinquishing of personal will - a complete letting go.

you don't die; the illusion of a separate self dies. Still, it may feel like you are going to die. Only when you are willing to die for the sake of truth can that grasping truly and authentically let go.

True Meditation is the space in which everything gets revealed, everything gets seen, everything gets experienced. And as such, it lets go of itself. We don't even let go. It lets go of itself.

Relinquishment is what spiritual teachers mean when they say, "die before you die.

True meditation has no direction or goal. It is pure wordless surrender, pure silent prayer. All methods aiming at achieving a certain state of mind are limited, impermanent, and conditioned. Fascination with states lead only to bondage and dependency. True meditation is abidance as primordial awareness.

Don't cry over spilt milk.

You're very young...you haven't got to that yet. But it does come! The blessed relief when you know that you've done with it all - that you haven't got to carry the burden any longer. You'll feel that too someday...

If the thing you want beyond anything cannot be, it is much better to recognize it and go forward, instead of dwelling on one's regrets and hopes.

Mademoiselle, I speak as a friend. Bury your dead! ... Give up the past! Turn to the future! What is done is done. Bitterness will not undo it.' 'I'm sure that would suit dear Linnet admirably.' Poirot made a gesture. 'I am not thinking of her at this moment! I am thinking of you. You have suffered - yes - but what you are doing now will only prolong the suffering.

If the thing you want beyond anything cannot be, it is much better to recognise it and go forward, instead of dwelling on one's regrets and hopes.

Jangan pikirkan lagi masa lalu! Berpalinglah pada masa yang akan datang! Apa yang telah terjadi, sudahlah. Kepahitan tidak akan mengubahnya." - Hercule Poirot, Death on the Nile, page 93

Geef het op. Richt u op de toekomst. Wat gebeurd is, is gebeurd en bitterheid kan daar niets aan veranderen.

Loyalty to a memory? I believe the present matters, not the past. The past must go. If we seek to keep the past alive, we end, I think, by distorting it. We see it in exaggerated terms; a forced perspective.

Let yourself abandon your 'you' and let me abandon my 'me' so

The secret of life is ... everything is out of control.

If you know how to let go and be at peace, you know everything you need to know about living in the world." – Ajahn Brahm

Disengaging means you leave these things alone and you're not concerned or worried about them.

Your job is to be free, not to carry around the so-called attainments or failures of the past.

The secret of life is… everything is out of control." – Ajahn Brahm

gripping.You can attain this degree of stillness only by letting go of everything in the entire universe except for this momentary experience of the breath happening silently.

If you see things with real insight, then there is no stickiness in your relationship to them. They come, pleasant and unpleasant, you see them and there is no attachment, They come and they pass. Even if the worst kinds of defilement come up, such as greed or anger, there enough wisdom to see their impermanent nature and allow them to fade away. If you react to them, by liking or disliking, that is not wisdom. You're only creating more suffering for yourself.

The forest is peaceful, why aren't you? You hold onto things causing your confusion. Let nature teach you. Hear the bird's song then let go. If you know nature, you'll know Dhamma. If you know Dhamma, you'll know nature.

When light is produced, we no longer worry about getting rid of darkness, nor do we wonder where the darkness has gone. We just know that there is light.