Roger Rosenblatt Quotes

It sounds clichéd, but I think the greatest lesson is to not take things personally.

Do your work, then step back. The only path to serenity.

There's seldom as much hurry as I used to think there was.

The act of 'letting go' is actually very easy - it's effortless. Thinking about, talking about, and contemplating 'letting go' is hard.

I've learned to take things a little more easily, to be a little more forgiving of myself.

If you nurture your mind, body, and spirit, your time will expand. You will gain a new perspective that will allow you to accomplish much more.

Freedom is not overcoming what you think stands in your way. It is understanding that what is in your way is part of the way.

Cautiously, I allowed myself to feel good at times. I found moments of peace in cheap rooms just staring at the knobs of some dresser or listening to the rain in the dark. The less I needed the better I felt.

The more you feel like you need to fix something, the more you need to not.

Patience is the training in abiding with the restlessness of our energy and letting things evolve at their own speed.

Sometimes we think we are too busy to pray. That is a great mistake, for praying is a saving of time.

If anything or anyone distresses you, think how you'll feel a week - a month - a year later. If you can imagine yourself being happy and peaceful then, why waste all that time? Be happy and peaceful now.

If you take care of your mind, you take care of the world.’

We can't control what thoughts and emotions arise within us, nor can we control the universal truth that everything changes. But we can learn to step back and rest in the awareness of what's happening. That awareness can be our refuge.

If any of those times you rushed around madly - trying to get somewhere faster - had ever made any real difference in the quality of your life... don't you think you'd be able to slow down by now?

The great benefit of slowing down is reclaiming the time and tranquility to make meaningful connections--with people, with culture, with work, with nature, with our own bodies and minds

If it means something, take it to heart. If it means nothing, it's nothing. Let it go.

There are neither winners nor losers; there are only stages that must be gone through. When the human heart understands this, it is free and able to accept difficult times without being deceived by moments of glory

In my life nothing goes wrong. When things seem to not meet my expectations, I let go of how I think things should be. It's a matter of not having any attachment to any fixed outcome.

All of us can improve the quality of our lives if we practice the art of self-care and train our minds to think thoughts that make us feel good.

A lot of people have realized that a good spiritual practice and a good meditation practice have real benefit. It’s not just something nice to do to make the universe happy.

Mindfulness is the miracle by which we master and restore ourselves.

We never get upset over what happens. Never. We get upset because of preconceived ideas as to what we think should happen, what we want to happen. When our preference clashes with the reality, we get hurt. Rid yourself of all preconceived ideas as to what should happen. You are then at peace whatever happens.

Train yourself to let go of the things you fear to lose.

Many people see themselves as a problem that needs to be solved. They also habitually see the present moment as an obstacle that they need to overcome or get away from. With awareness, an inner sense of spaciousness arises that enables you to look at your own mind, which is to say the human mind, with a certain degree of detachment.