Quotes by Letting Go She had been so wicked that in all her life she had done only one good deed-given an onion to a beggar. So she went to hell. As she lay in torment she saw the onion, lowered down from heaven by an angel. She caught hold of it. He began to pull her up. The other damned saw what was happening and caught hold of it too. She was indignant and cried, "Let go-it's my onion," and as soon as she said, "my onion," the stalk broke and she fell back into the flames. E. M. Forster flamesangelletting-go There have been many people for whom limitations, failure, loss, or pain in whatever form turned out to be their greatest teacher. It taught them to let go of false self-images and superficial ego-dictated goals and desires. It gave them depth, humility and compassion. It made them more real. Eckhart Tolle painletting-goteacher To some people, surrender may have negative connotations, implying defeat, giving up, failing to rise to the challenges of life, becoming lethargic, and so on. True surrender, however, is something entirely different. It does not mean to passively put up with whatever situation you find yourself in and to do nothing about it. Nor does it mean to cease making plans or initiating positive action. Surrender is the simple but profound wisdom of yielding to rather than opposing the flow of life. Eckhart Tolle giving-upletting-gomean How do you let go of attachment to things? Don’t even try. It’s impossible. Attachment to things drops away by itself when you no longer seek to find yourself in them. Eckhart Tolle philosophicalattachmentletting-go Put your 'yes' on the table and let God put it on the map. Ed Stetzer mapstablesletting-go It’s a song about first relationships and letting go. It’s very rare for a relationship to withstand the Earth’s gravitational pull and where it’s going to take people and how they’re going to grow. I’ve heard it said that you can’t really have a true love unless it was a love unrequited. It’s a harsh one, because then your truest one is the one you can’t have forever. Eddie Vedder unrequited-loveletting-gosong Sometimes letting things go is an act of far greater power than defending or hanging on. Eckhart Tolle spiritualletting-goinspirational Flying is one of the safest jobs in the Army as long as you don't drop out. If you do drop out, you are a dead man, and dropping out means, usually, that you have made a mistake or let go of your grip. Eddie Rickenbacker letting-gomistakejobs There's a thing about trying too hard, which I think is in all forms, which is if you really try to do things really well, you can get to a less good place than if you just let go and let it fly. Especially in creativity. Eddie Izzard creativityletting-gothinking When you let go of the belief that you should or need to know who you are, what happens to confusion? Suddenly it is gone. When you fully accept that you don't know, you actually enter a state of peace and clarity that is closer to who you truly are than thought could ever be. Defining yourself through thought is limiting yourself. Eckhart Tolle egoconfusionletting-go You're just playing, playing, playing, and then an image or something will come into your mind, and basically you're just narrating it with music, letting it move along. Edie Brickell mindletting-gomoving I'm an old-school, embarrassing Joni Mitchell fan. Her music made a hook in my soul and hasn't let go for all these years. I even sing her songs as lullabies to my kids. Edie Falco letting-gosongkids Let go of your plans. The first hour of your morning belongs to God. Tackle the day's work that he charges you with, and he will give you the power to accomplish it. Edith Stein letting-gomorninggiving celebratin' New Year's Eve is like eatin' oranges. You got to let go your dignity t' really enjoy 'em. Edna Ferber new-yearletting-goyears Let go of thought, become still and alert, and don't try to understand or explain. Eckhart Tolle stillsletting-gotrying If there are people you haven't forgiven, you're not going to really awaken. You have to let go. Eckhart Tolle surrenderletting-gopeople Jesus taught that perseverance is the essential element of prayer. Men must be in earnest when they kneel at God's footstool. Too often we get faint-hearted and quit praying at the point where we ought to begin. We let go at the very point where we should hold on strongest. Our prayers are weak because they are not impassioned by an unfailing and resistless will. Edward McKendree Bounds perseveranceletting-gojesus To give freedom is still more easy. It is not necessary to guide; it only requires to let go the rein. But to form a free government; that is, to temper together these opposite elements of liberty and restraint in one work, requires much thought, deep reflection, a sagacious, powerful, and combining mind. Edmund Burke powerfulreflectionletting-go In all cases of heart-ache, the application of another man's disappointment draws out the pain and allays the irritation. Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton paindisappointmentletting-go The remnants of pain left behind by every strong negative emotion that is not fully faced, accepted, and then let go of join together to form an energy field that lives in the very cells of your body. Eckhart Tolle painstrongletting-go«2223242526272829303132»
