Randy Pausch Quotes

Don't worry about what you can't control.

Happiness is a continuation of happenings which are not resisted.

Lie down and listen to the crabgrass grow The faucet leak, and learn to leave them so.

Do nothing. Do nothing. Let it happen. Don't try.

My life lesson is just to be patient and everything will fall in place. Most of what's happened in my life is not to do with me but good people and the way things happened. So I feel it's no use stressing over anything. Let things simply happen.

I don't always have to be the best. Things don't always have to be perfect.

The more you feel like you need to fix something, the more you need to not.

Peace of mind comes from not wanting to change other, but by simply accepting them as they are. True acceptance is always without demands and expectations.

"What is the secret of your serenity?" Said the master: "Wholehearted cooperation with the inevitable."

Tis by no means the least of life's rules: To let things alone.

Acceptance of the unacceptable is the greatest source of grace in this world.

It is useless to try to stir the dirt Out of the muddy water, As it will become murkier. But leave it alone, And if it should be cleared; It will become clear by itself.

Life appears to me too short to be spent in nursing animosity, or registering wrongs. With this creed, revenge never worries my heart, degradation never too deeply disgusts me, injustice never crushes me too low. I live in calm, looking to the end.

Accept everything just the way it is.

What would we have to hold in compassion to be at peace right now? What would we have to let go of to be at peace right now?

Muddy water is best cleared by leaving it alone.

Things will go as they will, and there is no need to hurry to meet them.

I still smile it's not worth the trouble any more for a long time now it's not been worth the trouble the tongue spring goes into the mud I stay like this not thirsty any more the tongue goes back into the mouth it closes it has to make a straight line now it's done I've made the image.

Make peace with what is.

When we have done our best, we should wait the result in peace.

Life is where you're at. Whatever you're doing is enough. You don't need to do everything well all the time. When you live your life like that, it's a huge relief.

You have to make peace with life.

Happy he who learns to bear what he cannot change.

You don't always have to be doing something. You can just be, and that's plenty.

Peace is when time doesn't matter as it passes by.