Quotes by Letting Go Once you understand non-self, then the burden of life is gone. You'll be at peace with the world. When we see beyond self, we no longer cling to happiness and we can truly be happy. Learn to let go without struggle, simply let go, to be just as you are - no holding on, no attachment, free. Ajahn Chah burdens-of-lifestruggleletting-go If you let go completely you will have complete peace. Ajahn Chah dharmaifsletting-go Do everything with a mind that lets go. Do not expect praise or reward. Ajahn Chah generosityexpectationsletting-go The heart of the path is quite easy. There's no need to explain anything at length. Let go of love and hate and let things be. That's all that I do in my own practice. Ajahn Chah hateletting-golove Instead of becoming the world’s expert on Buddhism, just let go, let go, let go. Ajahn Sumedho buddhismexpertsletting-go Meditation is a skilful letting go: gently but with resolution. Ajahn Sumedho resolutionmeditationletting-go Ask yourself: If I can't avoid it, change it, or make it go away, what if I changed my response to it? What if I decided to stop letting it bother me? Al Siebert what-ifgoing-awayletting-go We are presented with an unpleasant choice between either committing to peculiar concepts about immaterial deities or letting go entirely of a host of consoling, subtle or just charming rituals for which we struggle to find equivalents in secular society. Alain de Botton secular-societystruggleletting-go Everything will change when your desire to move on exceeds your desire to hold on. Alan Cohen mondayletting-gomoving We attain freedom as we let go of whatever does not reflect our magnificence. A bird cannot fly high or far with a stone tied to its back. But release the impediment, and we are free to soar to unprecedented heights. Alan Cohen starting-overfreedomletting-go We attain freedom as we let go of whatever does not reflect our magnificence. Alan Cohen magnificencedoeletting-go The more you let go, the faster you will move ahead. Alan Cohen fasterletting-gomoving And at the place where time stands still, one sees lovers kissing in the shadows of buildings, in a frozen embrace that will never let go. The loved one will never take his arms from where they are now, will never give back the bracelet of memories, will never journey afar from his lover, will never place himself in danger of self-sacrifice, will never fail to show his love, will never become jealous, will never fall in love with someone else, will never lose the passion of this instant of time. Alan Lightman falling-in-loveletting-gomemories Waking up to who you are requires letting go of who you imagine yourself to be Alan Watts egopurposeletting-go If we cling to belief in God, we cannot likewise have faith, since faith is not clinging but letting go. Alan Watts beliefhave-faithletting-go Nothing is more creative than death, since it has the whole secret of life. It means that the past must be abandoned, that the unknown cannot be avoided, that 'I' cannot continue, and that nothing can be ultimately fixed. When a man knows this, he lives for the first time in his life. By holding his breath, he loses it. By letting go he finds it. Alan Watts letting-gomenmean But the attitude of faith is to let go, and become open to truth, whatever it might turn out to be. Alan Watts faithletting-goinspiring You know that if you get in the water and have nothing to hold on to, but try to behave as you would on dry land, you will drown. But if, on the other hand, you trust yourself to the water and let go, you will float. And this is exactly the situation of faith. Alan Watts faithletting-gohands Faith...is letting go and trusting oneself to the unknown. Alan Watts oneselffaithletting-go But the disappearance of the effort to let go is precisely the disappearance of the separate thinker, of the ego trying to watch the mind without interfering. Alan Watts effortegoletting-go«1234567891011»
