James Frey Quotes

Without desire there is stillness, and the world settles by itself.

When you live in complete acceptance of what is, that is the end of all drama in your life.

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.

Equanimity arises when we accept the way things are.

What would it be like if I could accept life--accept this moment--exactly as it is?

Whenever you deeply accept this moment as it is - no matter what form it takes - you are still, you are at peace.

Let go of the battle. Breathe quietly and let it be. Let your body relax and your heart soften. Open to whatever you experience without fighting.

The happiness we seek cannot be found through grasping, trying to hold on to things. It cannot be found through getting serious and uptight about wanting things to go in the direction we think will bring happiness. We are always taking hold of the wrong end of the stick. The point is that the happiness we seek is already here and it will be found through relaxation and letting go rather than through struggle.

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

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

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.

Just stay present in the moment, and what will come will come.

Don't seek, don't search, don't ask, don't knock, don't demand - relax. If you relax, it comes. If you relax, it is there. If you relax, you start vibrating with it.

"What is the secret of your serenity?" Said the master: "Wholehearted cooperation with the inevitable."

At some point, you gotta let go, and sit still, and allow contentment to come to you.

Surrendering only refers to this moment, whatever "is" at this moment - to accept unconditionally and fully whatever arises at this moment.

All you realy need to do is accept this moment fully. You are then at ease in the here and now and at ease with yourself.

Be very very still and allow every new experience to take place in your life without any resistance whatsoever. You do not have to do anything, you simply have to be and let things happen.

Accept everything just the way it is.

When you don't cling to anything, there is nowhere to go - all boats have been abandoned, you cannot go anywhere; all paths have been dropped, you cannot go anywhere; all dreams and desires have disappeared, there is no way to move. Relaxation happens of its own accord. Just think of the word relax. Be, settle, you have come home.

To let go does not mean to get rid of. To let go means to let be. When we let be with compassion, things come and go on their own.

Joy is being willing for things to be as they are.

In this moment, there is plenty of time. In this moment, you are precisely as you should be. In this moment, there is infinite possibility.

Do your best and then relax. Let things go on in a natural way, rather than force them.

[D]etachment means letting go and nonattachment means simply letting be. (95)