Quotes About Detachment

In Gnosticism, the physical world did not ultimately matter - which meant physical suffering did not matter either. Seeking 'enlightenment' meant cultivating an attitude of detachment, even indifference.

There are so many myths out there about Marianne Faithfull, I had to, um, detach. But I can turn it on because Marianne Faithfull is really an attitude, you know.

The important thing in war is that there is an element of rage, but you must remain very distant from it.

I guess there was a war going on somewhere in the world that night but it wasn't one that could touch us.

May Allah steal from you All that steals you from Him.

True devotion is for itself: not to desire heaven nor to fear hell.

Those who are truly wise will remain unmoved by feelings of happiness and suffering, fame and disgrace, praise and blame, gain and loss.They will remain calm like the eye of a hurricane.

Never turn back to see the result of what you have done. Give all to the Lord and go on, and think not of it.

The root of suffering is attachment

Impartiality is a pompous name for indifference, which is an elegant name for ignorance.

A wise man, recognizing that the world is but an illusion, does not act as if it is real, so he escapes the suffering.

The difference between me and you is... that I don't mind what happens.

Wisdom means that it gives you detachment, detachment from all that is selfishness, self-centredness, self-obsession, ego - all connected with self.

Solitude is a way to defend the spirit against the murderous din of our materialism.

Think about any attachments that are depleting your emotional reserves. Consider letting them go.

Perhaps the hardest lesson to learn is not to be attached to the results of your actions.

If your body wants comfort, you try to make it learn to give up that. Try to make your body your slave and not you the slave of the body.

The spirit is the only thing that is free within, which has no hang-ups, which has no habits, which does not stick on to anything, is completely detached and emitting joy to us.

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

Joy only can be achieved through complete detachment, the detachment which is egoless and superegoless.

He who does not take insults seriously, is on the path to wisdom.

Holding on to anything blocks wisdom.

He does not need anything. He does not want anything.

That which the ignorant do with desire for results and gain, let the wise do without any attachment and without any desire for results and gain.