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> [We also need to learn the art of letting go: of the past, of unresolved grievances, of our younger selves. Nobody gets out of here alive.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gordon-livingston/we-also-need-to-learn-the-art-of-letting-go-of-the-past-of-unresolved/)

[Gordon Livingston](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gordon-livingston/)

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## More by Gordon Livingston

> [There are no maps to guide our most important searches; we must rely on hope, chance, intuition, and a willingness to be surprised.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gordon-livingston/there-are-no-maps-to-guide-our-most-important-searches-we-must-rely/)

[Gordon Livingston](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gordon-livingston/)

> [It is difficult to remove by logic an idea not placed there by logic in the first place.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gordon-livingston/it-is-difficult-to-remove-by-logic-an-idea-not-placed-there-by-logic/)

[Gordon Livingston](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gordon-livingston/)

> [Money can't buy happiness; it can, however, rent it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gordon-livingston/money-can-t-buy-happiness-it-can-however-rent-it/)

[Gordon Livingston](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gordon-livingston/)

> [Past behavior is the most reliable predictor of future behavior.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gordon-livingston/past-behavior-is-the-most-reliable-predictor-of-future-behavior/)

[Gordon Livingston](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gordon-livingston/)

> [If the map doesn't agree with the ground, the map is wrong.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gordon-livingston/if-the-map-doesn-t-agree-with-the-ground-the-map-is-wrong/)

[Gordon Livingston](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gordon-livingston/)

> [“any relationship is under the control of the person who cares the least.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gordon-livingston/any-relationship-is-under-the-control-of-the-person-who-cares-the-2/)

[Gordon Livingston](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gordon-livingston/)

> [Everything we are afraid to try, all our unfulfilled dreams, constitute a limitation on what we are and could become.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gordon-livingston/everything-we-are-afraid-to-try-all-our-unfulfilled-dreams-constitute/)

[Gordon Livingston](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gordon-livingston/)

> [We also need to learn the art of letting go: of the past, of unresolved grievances, of our younger selves. Nobody gets out of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gordon-livingston/we-also-need-to-learn-the-art-of-letting-go-of-the-past-of-unresolved/)

[Gordon Livingston](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gordon-livingston/)

> [We are not what we think, or what we say, or how we feel. We are what we do.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gordon-livingston/we-are-not-what-we-think-or-what-we-say-or-how-we-feel-we-are-what-we/)

[Gordon Livingston](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gordon-livingston/)

> [“It is our determination to overcome fear and discouragement that constitutes the only effective antidote to the sense of powerlessness over unwanted feelings.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gordon-livingston/it-is-our-determination-to-overcome-fear-and-discouragement-that/)

[Gordon Livingston](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gordon-livingston/)

> [Our greatest strengths are our greatest weaknesses.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gordon-livingston/our-greatest-strengths-are-our-greatest-weaknesses/)

[Gordon Livingston](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gordon-livingston/)

> [We are all prone to the myth of the perfect stranger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gordon-livingston/we-are-all-prone-to-the-myth-of-the-perfect-stranger/)

[Gordon Livingston](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gordon-livingston/)

> [It is difficult to remove by logic an idea not placed there by logic in the first place. By nature, we are emotional creatures.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gordon-livingston/it-is-difficult-to-remove-by-logic-an-idea-not-placed-there-by-logic-2/)

[Gordon Livingston](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gordon-livingston/)

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