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

Some of us think holding on makes us strong; but sometimes it is letting go.

Creativity requires the courage to let go of certainties.

Often we look so long at the closed door that we do not see the one that has been opened for us.

When I trust deeply that today God is truly with me and holds me safe in a divine embrace, guiding every one of my steps I can let go of my anxious need to know how tomorrow will look, or what will happen next month or next year. I can be fully where I am and pay attention to the many signs of God’s love within me and around me.

You can victimize yourself by wallowing around in your own past.

The greatest meditation is a mind that lets go.

We must be willing to get rid of the life we’ve planned, so as to have the life that is waiting for us. The old skin has to be shed before the new one can come.

Do not run away; let go. Do not seek; for it will come when least expected.

The best skill at cards is knowing when to discard.

If everyone is moving forward together, then success takes care of itself.

Cry me a river, build a bridge, and get over it.

Forgivness is letting go of the hope that the past can be changed

Time doesn’t heal emotional pain, you need to learn how to let go.

Instead of becoming the world’s expert on Buddhism, just let go, let go, let go.

There’s no magic bullet; there’s no pill that you take that makes everything great and makes you happy all the time. I’m letting go of those expectations, and that’s opening me up to moments of transcendent bliss. But I still feel the stress over ‘Am I thin enough? Am I too thin? Is my body the right shape?’

What thoughts are so important that it is worth holding on to them even when they make you miserable? Why are you holding on? You are in charge of your thoughts and feelings. If you are willing to search for the reason that you can’t let go of disturbing thoughts, you can learn about yourself and restore your own peace of mind.

Letting your mind play is the best way to solve problems.

To be truly happy and contented, you must let go of what it means to be happy or content.

If you think you are in control, you’re fooling yourself. As soon as you start listening, you realize you’re not in control. And letting go will yield more and better results.

At some point, you gotta let go, and sit still, and allow contentment to come to you.

When we let God be God and work through us, we experience both a sense of serenity and excitement.

Forgiveness is a funny thing. It warms the heart and cools the sting.

In the process of letting go you will lose many things from the past, but you will find yourself.

Once you learn what the disease or physical block has to teach you and finally let go of the emotional issues stored in the cells, then, and only then, can real healing begin on all levels – emotional, spiritual and physical.

I do really like doing animated movies. I like watching animated movies, and I always have. That’s something I didn’t let go of, from when I was a kid. It’s always exciting for me to get to do that. Animated movies are so rarely bad.

If you’re not someone who has a natural and effortless love for yourself, it’s hard to let go of your desire to please other people, and that’s really not an ingredient for a happy life.

Begrudging others leads to disharmony. Without harmony there can be no happiness. Therefore, let go of grudges and restore harmony. In a harmonious world, happiness is possible.

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.

When you have children, you realize that at the end it’s all about passing on, about handing down. The process of letting go, not attachment, but appreciating the beauty and value in the change, the transformation.

It’s hard to be clear about who you are when you are carrying around a bunch of baggage from the past. I’ve learned to let go and move more quickly into the next place.

Trying to achieve something in the spiritual world is just as foolish as trying to achieve something in the material world. There’s nothing to achieve. There’s only letting go. As we let go, more and more, of ego identifications, desires, and support systems, bliss will arise.

When the heart truly understands, it lets go of everything.

Cooking professionally is a dominant act, at all times about control. Eating well, on the other hand, is about submission. It’s about giving up all vestiges of control, about entrustingyour fate entirely to someone else. It’s about turning off the mean, manipulative, calculating, and shrewd person inside you, and slipping heedlessly into a new experience as if it were awarm bath. It’s about shutting down the radar and letting good things happen. Let it happen to you.

The past was always there, lived inside of you, and it helped to make you who you were. But it had to be placed in perspective. The past could not dominate the future.