Mary Oliver Quotes

Today I will simply accept. I will relinquish the need to be in resistance to myself and my environment in any way. I will move forward in joy by accepting where I am right now.

Unending joy is actually closer to us than our own skin, and there is nothing we have to do or get or be to experience it. All we have to do is stop driving it away.

It was my dream that I had clenched in a fist of discontent and wouldn't release. But time had now pried every finger open. There is peace in an open and upraised hand that isn't grasping for anything.

It's never too late. Don't focus on what was taken away. Find something to replace it, and acknowledge the blessing you have.

When life doesn't make sense, we can still have peace.

If this game is taken away from me at any time, I'd be fine going back to the house and living a happy life. If that happens, it happens.

Do not grieve over any joy that has gone forever, for it will return to you in another form, know that for sure.

Let the disappointments pass, let the laughter fill your glass.

Ain't no sense worryin' about the things you got control over, 'cause if you got control over 'em, ain't no sense worryin'. And ain't no sense worryin' about the things you don't got control over, 'cause if you don't got control over 'em, ain't no sense worryin'.

Ain't no sense worrying about the things you got control over 'cause if you got control over 'em, ain't no sense worrying. Ain't no sense worrying about the things you got no control over 'cause if you got no control over 'em, ain't no sense worrying.

Happy is the person who has learned the secret of being content with whatever life brings him, and has learned to rejoice in the simple and beautiful things around him.

... Life can be savored only if you look to the future and leave vengeance to the gods

I don't worry about the things I can't change.

Flow with whatever may happen and let your mind be free. Stay centered by accepting whatever you are doing. This is the ultimate.

Life is accepting what is and working from that.

Most people ask for happiness on condition. Happiness can only be felt if you don't set any condition.

Don't let the past steal your present. This is the message of Christmas: We are never alone.

Today, I am blessed to be living a dream. And yet, if it all went away tomorrow, I know I would still have peace.

With a warm drink, in a rocking chair and family and friends around, I am working on finding peace and joy in the moments we have been given. It doesn't have to all make sense. I don't have all the answers.

I don't have any big regrets.

Enjoy doing nothing, and you can enjoy doing anything. Enjoy having nothing, and you can enjoy whatever you have.

I try to just live my life and do my work, and the rest will just fall into place, as it may. As it will.

Forgiveness provides hope, joy, and a bright future that nothing else can.

I don't care how my past was or what I had to go through.

I don't really have any regrets.