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Quotes About Detachment

The Sufi is 'One who does not care when something is taken from him, but who does not cease to seek for what he has not.
~ Idries Shah
A Sufi is one who is not bound by anything nor does he bind anything
~ Idries Shah
Abu-Yaqub al-Susi: the Sufi is 'One who does not care when something is taken from him, but who does not cease to seek for what he has not.
~ Idries Shah
Saying of the Prophet Objects It is your attachment to objects which make you blind and deaf.
~ Idries Shah
Definition of a Sufi To learn, people must give up a great deal, and this includes ritual as something from which they imagine they might learn. It is to emphasise this that Abu-Yaqub al-Susi, quoted in Kalabadhi's Taaruf, states that the Sufi is 'One who does not care when something is taken from him, but who does not cease to seek for what he has not.
~ Idries Shah
Un Sufi es alguien que no está atado a nada ni ata a nadie.
~ Idries Shah
el Sufi es "alguien que no se preocupa cuando le quitan algo, pero que no cesa de buscar lo que no tiene.
~ Idries Shah
Sirri al-Saqati, who died in 867 of the Christian Era, said: 'True wisdom is: non-attachment to self and devotion to Truth.
~ Idries Shah
Dicho del Profeta Objetos Es tu apego a los objetos lo que te hace ciego y sordo.
~ Idries Shah
Abu-Yaqub al-Susi declara que el Sufi es "alguien que no se preocupa cuando le quitan algo, pero que no cesa de buscar lo que no tiene.
~ Idries Shah
Definición de un Sufi Para aprender, la gente debe abandonar mucho, y esto incluye el ritual como algo de lo cual imaginan que pueden aprender. Es para recalcar esto que Abu-Yaqub al-Susi, citado en Taarruf, de Kalabadhi, declara que el Sufi es "alguien que no se preocupa cuando le quitan algo, pero que no cesa de buscar lo que no tiene.
~ Idries Shah
Saadi: Be a true renouncer, (zahid) and [you can even] ware satin.
~ Idries Shah
if it happens that the soul is attached or inclined to a thing inordinately, that one should move himself, putting forth all his strength, to come to the contrary of what he is wrongly drawn to.
~ Ignatius of Loyola
fucking flattery, success, money. I just sit back and suck my thumb.
~ Ikkyu
no walls no roof no anything my house doesn't get wet doesn't get blown down
~ Ikkyu
He will come to those who believe they need him least.
~ Unknown
Solving the problems of this world may be something I have to let go. I suppose there's a lot I will have to let go.
~ Unknown
Hold everything in your hands lightly, otherwise it hurts when God pries your fingers open.
~ Corrie Ten Boom
The Sniper must not be susceptible to emotions such as anxiety and remorse
~ Craig Roberts
I think it allows the public to enjoy the thrill of a story without the fear of the reality. The reality is too much to bear, so they detach themselves from it. That's maybe how all myths were born.
~ Unknown
Holding something doesn't make it yours. You realize at some point you're just keeping it back for yourself, because it's pulling away with equal force. You've got to cut the string from your finger and leave that wispy thread, like a baby spider on the breeze.
~ Craig Silvey
I wasn't cold, but I was shivering when I walked onto the Clayton Road overpass. I wasn't scared either, even when I climbed over the rail. I didn't feel much of anything.
~ Craig Silvey
Your ability to form a strong intention, to concentrate, and to get and stay focused while feeling detached from concerns of daily life—relaxed, open-minded, and emotionally energized—are essential.
~ Unknown
An American travelling acquaintance once said to Peter: "I guess you like to look on at life from a third-floor window." It was such a startling insight into his character that Peter was quite alarmed.
~ D.E. Stevenson