Quotes About Detachment

One day, you don't feel like doing anything. Nothing interests you, everything bores you. Feel more and more empty inside, more and more dissatisfied with yourself and the world in general. Then even that feeling wears off, and you don't feel anything anymore. You become completely indifferent to what goes on around you. You forget how to laugh and cry - you're cold inside and incapable of loving anything or anyone. There's no going back. The disease has a name. It's called deadly tedium.

Tessa liked her, in a dreary sort of way – the sort of way one liked picking one's nails or staying in bed all morning.

Who can free himself from achievementAnd from fame,Descend and be lostAmid the masses of men?He will flow like the Tao, unseen.Such is the perfect man: His boat is empty.

A true pilgrimage requires letting go of the very things most people try to hold onto. In seeking after what the soul desires, we become pilgrims with no home but the path the soul would have us follow.

That the world forgets me is all I ask," Elric sighed.

The most sinister aspect of Jack is his detachment, his ability to distance himself from his feelings.

One of the key qualities a leader must possess is the ability to detach from the chaos, mayhem, and emotions in a situation and make good, clear decisions based on what is actually happening.

What 'Scream' was great at was presenting ironic detachment and then making you actually care about the people that were having it, and juxtaposing it with their situation, all in the service of making a great horror movie. It was fresh.

I barley read stuff about myself. Even when I see some article about myself in a paper or a magazine, nine out of 10 times, I skip it.

It's hard to let go anything we love. We live in a world which teaches us to clutch. But when we clutch we're left with a fistful of ashes.

Love and exclusive possession can never go together.

In order not to suffer, you had to renounce love.

The opposite of love is apathy or hatred.

The problem with love is attachment; love makes you dependent. Unattached love - you love for the hell of it.

It is easier to fall in love when you are out of it than to get out of it when you are in.

Most people suffer in love because of attachment. Attachment means we're interested in a net return on our investment.

That's the thing: We didn't really care. A world without love is also a world without stakes.

Like the creatures of the forest and the sea, I love To lose myself for a while.

I release you. I evict you from my heart. Because if I don't do it now, I never will.

Let him love none and be by none beloved!

I have not loved the world, nor the world me.

He had experiences as rich and memorable as any young man has ever enjoyed, and was moved by none of them.

It's not that we don't care--it's just that that we'd prefer not to get involved.

New Rule: While you're telling me how your March Madness bracket is doing, you must also fill me in on your vacation and show me pictures of your kids. That way, I can not give a shit all at once.