Patti Smith Quotes

In those moments when we realize how much we cannot control, we can learn to let go.

You have the power to let power go

I think there's a freedom in freeing yourself of the baggage of ability.

I'm learning not to hold on so tightly to my solitude. It's not an economical way to work. A driver would call it 'white-knuckling.' If you're holding on to the wheel so tightly, it's gonna lock up your driving. Releasing myself from trying to control everything has been part of growing up.

Our being is continually undergoing and entering upon changes. ... We must, strictly speaking, at every moment give each other up and let each other go and not hold each other back.

Now I'm free of him and I'm light as a feather. There's no weight holding me down; I'm ready to spread my wings and fly.

Your ability to let go is part of the duty that you have.

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

You might have to lose control before you could find out what you'd been missing.

Stand up and walk out of your history

To release others from the expectations we have of them is to really love them.

Learning to let go should be learned before learning to get. Life should be touched, not strangled.

Letting go gives us freedom, and freedom is the only condition for happiness. If, in our heart, we still cling to anything - anger, anxiety, or possessions - we cannot be free.

Ty it well, and let it goe.

Forgiveness is not about forgetting. It is about letting go of another person's throat.

Since there's no more you and me. It's time I let you go so I Can Be Free.

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

Some things need to be let go before other things can be let in.

I was a dog on a short chain / and now there's no chain.

Your trials can release your Gifts and Dreams. Your trials can set you free.

The more you let go, the faster you will move ahead.

Whatever someone did to you in the past has no power over the present. Only you give it power.

Always destroy what is in you.

Oddly, the most freeing thing we can ever do is to abdicate the throne of our own miniature kingdoms.

I'm tired of carrying around the weight of the world. I'm just going to lay it down now. It's my time to die, and it's your time to live. Don't mess it up.