Dani Shapiro Quotes

As long as I focus on what I feel and don't worry about where I'm going, it works out. Having no expectations but being open to everything is what makes wonderful things happen. If I don't worry, there's no obstruction and life flows easily. It sounds impractical, but 'Expect nothing; be open to everything' is really all it is.

Have you ever struggled to find work or love, only to find them after you have given up? This is the paradox of letting go. Let go, in order to achieve. Letting go is God's law.

Whatsoever you are waiting for, you are waiting in vain. It is not going to happen, and what is going to happen has nothing to do with your expectations and your desires. You just let it come in; don't block the way. Remove yourself out of your own way. This time, with no expectations, no desires, no hopes, just meditate.

I think that when you let go and "throw it all away" and stop getting attached and say "whatever happens, happens", you don't invest too much in anything particular, and things work out.

One must be able to let things happen.

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

I have to not take myself too seriously and I have to realise that if it is meant to be, it will be.

Turn it over to the universe daily.. but it should never be a chore.

Do not run away; let go. Do not seek; for it will come when least expected.

Never say of anything I have lost it, only say that I have given it back.

When you stop wanting something, you get it.

If you get too attached to how you want it to come out the other side, you freeze. I try to trust that it will work out in the end.

I always take kind of a zen view of casting and I really don't remember people who passed. I kind of turn it over to the universe and figure, 'Wow, I guess that wasn't meant to be.' It doesn't sit with me.

Life is a tide; float on it. Go down with it and go up with it, but be detached. Then it is not difficult.

The best way to navigate through life is to give up all of our controls.

When you relinquish the desire to control your future, you can have more happiness.

By letting it go it all gets done. The world is won by those who let it go. But when you try and try. The world is beyond the winning.

When I finish a job, I surrender it completely. I have to, because after that, it really is out of my hands.

There comes a time when you have to shut it off, let it go, and say it's not going to happen.

The joy of losing consists in this: Where there are no expectations, there is no disappointment.

There's a victory in letting go of your expectations.

Control is not real, and I'm really understanding that every day. It's about the acceptance of relinquishing control that makes it powerful for you.

Having no expectations is a really good thing.

Be patient - if something is supposed to happen, it's going to happen. Whenever I've tried to force things, they didn't go right.

I made up my mind that I would hold onto nothing, that I would expect nothing.