Henepola Gunaratana Quotes

Who is the wisest man? He who neither knows or wishes for anything else than what happens.

Once you accept, truly accept, that stuff will happen to you and there is nothing you can do about it, stress miraculously leaves your life.

You always own the option of having no opinion. There is never any need to get worked up or to trouble your soul about things you can't control. These things are not asking to be judged by you. Leave them alone.

Treat gain and loss the same.' Don't be Intimidated. Don't make a Big Deal of anything - just accept things as they come to you.

Neither seek nor avoid, take what comes.

Neither seek nor avoid; take what comes. It is liberty to be affected by nothing. Do not merely endure; be unattached.

Let come what comes, let go what goes. See what remains.

Whatever's in front of you, you do the best you can and let it land where it lands, and then you walk away.

I have learned to take things as they come.

The secret of zen is just two words: not... always... so.

Seek not that the things which happen should happen as you wish; but wish the things which happen to be as they are, and you will have a tranquil flow of life.

... when confronted with unusual life situations... A warrior acts as if nothing had ever happened, because he doesn't believe in anything, yet he accepts everything at its face value.

I'm fine with whatever comes my way, and whatever doesn't come my way I'm fine with too. I have a very laissez-faire attitude with the whole thing.

Great tranquility of heart is his who cares for neither praise nor blame.

Don't cling to anything and don't reject anything.

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

If I could learn to treat triumph and disaster the same, then I would find bliss.

A Buddha is someone who finds freedom in good fortune and bad.

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

The things you cannot change you can't waste your time on.

I never get too over-confident, or too down. I just go with the flow.

Nothing belongs to me. Everything comes and goes. Serenity is an open door.

Meet this transient world with neither grasping nor fear, trust the unfolding of life, and you will attain true serenity.

Vex not thy spirit at the course of things; they heed not thy vexation. How ludicrous and outlandish is astonishment at anything that may happen in life.

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'.