“If you could stop thinking, letting go of trying control your world w/your mind, where would your attention go?”

“You have two choices: to control your mind or to let your mind control you.”

Paulo Coelho (1947) Brazilian lyricist and novelist

“Just let go. Let go of how you thought your life should be, and embrace the life that is trying to work its way into your consciousness.”

Caroline Myss (1952) author from the United States

“If you could escape your sufferings and did so, where would you go outside of them?”

Antonio Porchia (1885–1968) Italian Argentinian poet

“Your fear of letting go prevents you from letting go of your fear of letting go.”

John Burdett (1951) British crime novelist

“If you're going to try, go all the way. This could mean losing girlfriends, wives, relatives, jobs and maybe your mind.”

Charles Bukowski (1920–1994) American writer

“Where there's no stop and go
a thought may wet your face,
a breath arrest your stare.”

Nathaniel Tarn (1928) American poet, essayist, anthropologist, and translator

“don't stop to think of the words when you do stop, just stop to think of the picture better-and let your mind off yourself in this work.”

Jack Kerouac (1922–1969) American writer

“Hitting bottom isn't a weekend retreat, it's not a goddamn seminar. Stop trying to control everything and just let go. Let go”

Chuck Palahniuk Fight Club

“Stop swimming around in your own mind. That is a dangerous neighborhood that you should not go into alone.”

Marc Levy (1961) French writer