“What happens when you let an unsatisfactory present go on long enough? It becomes your entire history.”

“When you let your mind go blank,' he said, 'or when you stop talking for a long time, something happens. Time becomes different. It goes away. It doesn't come back until you start to say something.”

“Suffering happens when we expect life to be something more and different than what it is in the present moment. When we let go of all expectations, there is peace.”

“We cannot let go of the past enough to live in the present unless we are able to grieve our losses. We must deeply feel our emotional pain in order to accept that what is happening is not what we wanted.”

“To grow, you must be willing to let your present and future be totally unlike your past. Your history is not your destiny.”

“Change happens when the pain of holding on becomes greater than the fear of letting go.”