Surrendering Quotes

The things that are ours cannot be given away, or taken away, or lost. We break our hearts, all of us, trying to keep things that do not belong to us — and to which we have no right.

I suppose in the end, the whole of life becomes an act of letting go, but what always hurts the most is not taking a moment to say goodbye.

Discovering a richer quality of being-ness means to keep surrendering and letting go of resistance.

I don't conquer, I submit.

Dear God, I am so afraid to open my clenched fists! Who will I be when I have nothing left to hold on to? Who will I be when I stand before you with empty hands? Please help me to gradually open my hands and to discover that I am not what I own, but what you want to give me.

The leaves let go, the seeds let go, and I must let go sometimes, too, and cast my lot with another of nature’s imperfect but tenacious survivors.

General Sheridan says "If the thing is pressed I think that Lee will surrender." Let the thing be pressed.

When you stop wanting something, you get it.

Surrender is not the best way to live; it is the only way to live. Nothing else works.

What would it be like to let go of wanting things to be other than they are?

Surrendering, letting go of possessiveness, and complete nonattachment-all are synonyms for accumulating merit.

Surrender is just like love. That's why I say only lovers can become sannyasins - because they know a little of how to surrender. Love is the first step towards the divine, surrender is the last. And two steps is the whole journey.

If you surrendered to the air, you could ride it.

Darkness does this. It finds all the places you are hiding in. It finds all the things you are holding onto tightly and makes you let go.

Don't try to live. Let yourself be lived.

God was in control, and I was just pliable enough to say yes to wherever He would lead.

I think at some point I am going to throw in the belt and decide to stick behind the camera.

Slip into the gap, have the desire, detach from the outcome, and let the universe take care of the details.

Just let it happen and, I promise you, all that is magic will appear.

Let go of what you think you need & what you really need will show up.

We find the light only after total defeat of our attempts to deceive and outwit it.

I realize that nothing belongs to her anymore and she belongs to everything.

Surrender had played out for good with me.

Love conquers all; therefore, let us submit to love.

A certain giving up of control is good for the soul.