Kicking his mother until she let go of his soul Has given his a healthy appetite: clearly, her role... In the New Order must be To supply and deliver his raw materials free;LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
When you're not used to comfort and good things to eat, you're intoxicated by them in no time. Truth's only too pleased to leave y...ou. Very little's ever needed for Truth to let go of you. And after all, you're not really very keen to keep hold of it.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
The colicky baby who becomes calm, the quiet infant who throws temper tantrums at two, the wild child at four who becomes serious ...and studious at six all seem to surprise their parents. It is difficult to let go of one's image of a child, say goodbye to the child a parent knows, and get accustomed to this slightly new child inhabiting the known child's body.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
Anyone who believes cannot experience miracles. By day one does not see any stars. Anyone who does miracles says: I cannot let go ...of the earth.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
Now both legs were hanging outside and he had only to let go of what he was holding on to--and he was saved. Before letting go he ...looked down. Some kind of hasty preparations were under way there: the window reflections gathered together and leveled themselves out, the whole chasm was seen to divide into dark and pale squares, and at the instant when Luzhin unclenched his hand, at the instant when icy air gushed unto his mouth, he saw exactly what kind of eternity was obligingly and inexorably spread out before him. The door was burst in. "Aleksandr Ivanovich, Aleksandr Ivanovich," roared several voices. But there was no Aleksandr Ivanovich.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
Children are as destined biologically to break away as we are, emotionally, to hold on and protect. But thinking independently com...es of acting independently. It begins with a two-year-old doggedly pulling on flannel pajamas during a July heat wave and with parents accepting that the impulse is a good one. When we let go of these small tasks without anger or sorrow but with pleasure and pride we give each act of independence our blessing.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
Give up the feeling of responsibility, let go your hold, resign the care of your destiny to higher powers, be genuinely indifferen...t as to what becomes of it all and you will find not only that you gain a perfect inward relief, but often also, in addition, the particular goods you sincerely thought you were renouncing.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »