“Blessed are the hearts that can bend they shall never be broken.”
Letting go is one of the hardest skills to learn and one of the most necessary. These quotes explore what it takes to leave behind relationships, grudges, old versions of yourself, and the past in general.
“I must be careful not to get trapped in the past. That's why I tend to forget my songs.”
“Blessed are the hearts that can bend they shall never be broken.”
“Don't dwell on what went wrong. Instead, focus on what to do next. Spend your energies on moving forward toward finding the answer.”
“I can tell you one thing, Iran is closer to developing nuclear weapons today than it was a week ago, or a month ago or a year ago. It's just moving on with its efforts.”
“The goal of spiritual practice is full recovery, and the only thing you need to recover from is a fractured sense of self.”
“Getting over someone is a grieving process. You mourn the loss of the relationship, and that's only expedited by 'Out of sight, out of mind.' But when you walk outside and see them on a billboard or on TV or on the cover of a magazine, it reopens the wound. It's a high-class problem, but it's real.”
“Forget the past.”
“It is very clear that voice communications is moving on to the Internet. In the end, the price that anyone can provide for voice transmission on the Net will trend toward zero.”
“I don't live in the past at all I'm always wanting to do something new. I make a point of constantly trying to forget and get things out of my mind.”
“The heart will break, but broken live on.”
“The Marines was a fresh start - that is why they shave your head. I wish they would let you change your name.”
“What's that line from TS Eliot? To arrive at the place where you started, but to know it for the first time. I'm able to write about a breakup from a different place. Same brokenness. Same rock-bottom. But a little more informed, now I'm older. Thank God for growing up.”
“I can still love an ex as a person, regardless if the breakup was bad. I would never wish anything negative on them. It takes more energy to hate them than to wish them well.”
“I mean, don't forget the earth's about five thousand million years old, at least. Who can afford to live in the past?”
“What surrounds us we endure better for giving it a name - and moving on.”
“But you know, if you live an affluent lifestyle, there are all types of trappings that are there that you have to be cognizant of, and you've got to try and communicate freely and gain understanding about and then keep moving on, because you know, sometimes lifestyles are chosen for us as opposed to us choosing them.”