Quotes About Detachment

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Once you realize that something cannot be attained, then forget it. It's not for you, at least at this point in time.

Aversion, the feeling of repulsion for certain objects or events that we believe bring discomfort, is attachment in reverse

As you succeed in overcoming self you will begin to see things in their right relations. He who is swayed by any passion, prejudice, like or dislike, adjusts everything to that particular bias, and sees only his own delusions. He who is absolutely free from all passion, prejudice, preference, and partiality, sees himself as he is; sees others as they are; sees all things in their proper proportions and right relations.

And now he casts from him, one after another, his opinions and speculations, and commences to live the life of perfect love toward all beings. With each opinion overcome and abandoned as a burden, there is an increased lightness of spirit, and he now begins to realize the meaning of being free.

If one would find peace, he must come out of passion.

You've done all you can do. All that is within your power, your control. Now, give up the results. The right thing will happen.

I'm trying to have fewer things in my life right now. This doesn't always mean fewer trinkets that shine on a shelf. It also might mean fewer things that upset me. Fewer people who bother me. Fewer regrets about things that are long dead and buried. Fewer anxieties about a future that may or may not exist.

Spiritually we need to recognize the importance of wanting less in our lives, to the point that we want to disappear.

Anyway, I have long had a very definite tendency to tune out the moment I come anywhere near either a pulpit or a soapbox.

All that we can do with any spiritual discipline is produce within ourselves something of the silence, the humility, the detachment, the purity of heart and the indifference which are required if the inner self is to make some shy, unpredictable manifestation of his presence.11

They say confront the difficult while it is easy, accomplish the great one step at a time. They say let things come and let things go and live without possession and live without expectation.

I don't think about being undefeated; I don't think about what people say in the media about me, whether it's good or bad. I just don't think of it.

Jim Thompson understood something about the serial killer before the psychology caught up to it, which is that they are detached to it and they do want to get caught.

Fear exists in the process of accumulation and belief in something is part of the accumulative process.

Hold everything in this world lightly. Tight enough to show love, but loose enough to easily let go.

It has taken me quite a few years to realize the fact that most of the thoughts in my head are not necessary.

Sometimes the only way to gain someone's favor is to stop giving them yours.

The practice of Detachment encourages the positive aspects of your life to become dominant, while providing a clear path for the negative aspects to recede.

What you are trying to let go of...is already gone.

...here's what I've learned - people will hurt you, but you don't have to respond - not every mean comment or cruel act deserves to be noticed ...

.if you cant let thing go, it owns you..

You know I have about the same interest in jewelry as I have in politics, horse racing, modern poetry, and women who need weird excitement – none.

I don't like to be in the spotlight. I like to just chill and observe other people.