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Meister Eckhart Theologian, Philosopher
Letting Go

"Let God work in you, give the work to God, and have peace. Don't worry if He works through your nature or above your nature, because both are His, nature and grace."

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Morris West Novelist, Playwright
Letting Go

"There are still things I want to do but they're not necessary for me to do. I'm not clinging to anything that I can't open my hands and let go."

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C. S. Lewis Writer, Scholar
Letting Go

"The only things we can keep are the things we freely give to God. What we try to keep for ourselves is just what we are sure to lose."

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Paulo Coelho Writer
Letting Go

"Let go of the idea that the path will lead you to your goal. The truth is that with each step we take, we arrive. Repeat that to yourself every morning: 'I've arrived.' That way you'll find it much easier to stay in touch with each second of your day."

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Pema Chodron Buddhist Teacher, Author
Letting Go

"The Buddha’s principal message that day was that holding on to anything blocks wisdom. Any conclusion that we draw must be let go. The only way to fully understand the bodhichitta teachings, the only way to practice them fully, is to abide in the unconditional openness of the prajna, patiently cutting through all our tendencies to hang on."

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Elizabeth Gilbert Author, Memoirist
Letting Go

"And when you sense a faint potentiality for happiness after such dark times you must grab onto the ankles of that happiness and not let go until it drags you face-first out of the dirt - this is not selfishness, but obligation. You were given life; it is your duty to find something beautiful within life no matter how slight."

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Deepak Chopra Author, Speaker
Letting Go

"Everyone knows how to choose; few know how to let go. But it's only by letting go of each experience that you make room for the next. The skill of letting go can be learned, and once learned you will enjoy living much more spontaneously."

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Deepak Chopra Author, Speaker
Letting Go

"In the process of letting go you will lose many things from the past, but you will find yourself. It will be a permanent Self, rooted in awareness and creativity. Once you have captured this, you have captured the world."

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Deepak Chopra Author, Speaker
Letting Go

"We can begin to let go of the complications that cause us to suffer by cultivating a simple state of awareness. In this process, tiny steps yield big results, in part because simplicity is nature's default position. Suffering and the complications that fuel it are unnatural; it wastes energy to maintain complexity."

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Dennis Miller Comedian
Letting Go

"Now, I don't want to get off on a rant here, but guilt is simply God's way of letting you know that you're having too good a time."

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