Letting go Quote by Pema Chodron

When merit has been achieved, do not take it to yourself; for if you do not take it to yourself, it shall never be…

— Laozi

Surrendering means non-desiring.

— Rajneesh

To the ego mind, surrender means giving up. To the spiritual mind, surrender means giving in and receiving.

— Marianne Williamson

Surrendering means cleansing yourself completely, getting completely detached. Detachment is the only way you can rise.

— Nirmala Srivastava

Surrender is not that you should give up your family, give up your children, or give up your houses and homes and your properties.…

— Nirmala Srivastava

Merit consists in the virtue of love alone, flavored with the light of true discretion without which the soul is worth nothing.

— St. Catherine of Siena

The arrogance that accompanies merit offends us even more than the arrogance of people who are lacking in merit: since merit itself offends us.

— Friedrich Nietzsche

No matter what, I find that surrendering is essential.

— Nikki DeLoach

Surrender to your own self, of which everything is an expression.

— Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj

Fondly we think we honor merit then, when we but praise ourselves in other men.

— Alexander Pope

No other terms than unconditional and immediate surrender. I propose to move immediately upon your works.

— Ulysses S. Grant

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

— Eckhart Tolle