Quotes About Letting go

The will to possess must cease--but also the *non* will to possess must not be seen.

They say there's peace if you can relinquish desire. For me desire's absence has only ever left a dull persistent ache.

I can't worry about something I can't change.

Where's your luggage?" "I don't use any." "You have no stuff?" "I saw a little book in a store at the airport. Apparently we're supposed to get rid of whatever doesn't bring us joy.

He did what he always did. He let her go. He understood. No apology required. He couldn't live anywhere. His whole life was a visit.

we can't be filled with the power of God until we let go of the false pretense that we can get by on our own.

Forgiving does not erase the bitter past. A healed memory is not a deleted memory. Instead, forgiving what we cannot forget creates a new way to remember. We change the memory of our past into a hope for our future.

You will know that forgiveness has begun when you recall those who hurt you and feel the power to wish them well.

We must let go of the life we have planned, so as to accept the one that is waiting for us.

I refuse to let the past find me here.

Kendinize ait parçalar vard?r, say?s?z parçalar, bunlar? bir kez feda ederseniz bir daha asla yerine koyamazs?n?z.

Il est tellement plus facile de tomber amoureux que de cesser de l'être.

We are both women who understand there's no point to the coulda, woulda, shouldas of life.

Let go of what has passed. Let go of what may come. Let go of what is happening now. Don't try to figure anything out. Don't try to make anything happen. Relax, right now, and rest.

If you realize that all things change, there is nothing you will try to hold on to. If you are not afraid of dying, there is nothing you cannot achieve

When sitting in meditation, say, "That's not my business!" with every thought that comes by.

If you could only keep quiet, clear of memories and expectations, you would be able to discern the beautiful pattern of events. Its your restlessness that causes chaos.

Put your thoughts to sleep, do not let them cast a shadow over the moon of your heart. Let go of thinking.

The pas has no power to stop you from being present now. Only your grievance about the past can do that.

The secret to peace-of-mind is to not identify with anything other than your true self.

Whatever you fight, you strengthen, and what you resist, persists.

Surrender and living in the present are one and the same.

As long as you have certain desires about how it ought to be you can't see how it is.

We have not come here to take prisoners But to surrender ever more deeply To freedom and joy.