Fawad Khan Quotes

The Dalai Lama was once asked for his favorite chant, and he said it was better not to have a favorite anything, which I think is a great thought.

I think if you don't expect anything from the world, you'll have a lovely time.

No expectations. Ask nothing, expect nothing and accept everything, and life is very well.

Receive the gifts of fortune without pride, and part with them without reluctance.

To live a pure unselfish life, one must count nothing as one's own in the midst of abundance.

I see what happens when one gets very attached to material things. That's just not what my life is.

If it is, it is, If it's not, it's not.

Be content with what you are, and wish not change; nor dread your last day, nor long for it.

The secret of happiness is to admire without desiring. And that is not happiness.

Be content to be what you are, and prefer nothing to it, and do not fear or wish for your last day.

I keep my hands empty for the sake of what I have had in them.

You can't ever get everything you want. It is impossible. Luckily, there is another option: You can learn to control your mind, to step outside of the endless cycle of desire and aversion.

I'm just dealing with what's happening, with what is. Joy, happiness, good, bad, all those terms are meaningless to me.

The longer I live, the more I feel that true repose consists in 'renouncing' one's own self, by which I mean making up one's mind to admit that there is no importance whatever in being 'happy' or 'unhappy' in the usual meaning of the words.

Learning to give up on perfection may be just about the most romantic move any of us could make.

I am happy with what comes, I don't have expectations of any stature.

I just see what's in front of me. That's what I'm happy with.

Whether I am the Champion or not is irrelevant to me. I am not attached to it.

The older I get the more laid back I am about whatever happens, happens.

I used to worry a lot and regret a lot before I took on this whole concept of karma. But now I understand that destiny is what it's all about. I still push ahead and look forward to achieving certain goals but I try not to lay up expectations that they have to happen.

The key is to be Zen-like and be happy with what one has.

My motto is never to hold on to anything. I accept and then let go: not just the negatives, but the praise, too. Or it'll get to my head.

If you really love someone, you can't be angry if they don't love you the same way. You got to just love them because you love them, not because you're expecting anything back in return.

Peace of mind comes from not wanting to change other, but by simply accepting them as they are. True acceptance is always without demands and expectations.

Be content with what thou hast received, and smooth thy frowning forehead, for the door of choice is not open either to thee or me.