Quotes About Detachment

By afflictions God is spoiling us of what otherwise might have spoiled us. When he makes the world too hot for us to hold, we let it go.

No matter what god or doctrine you believe in, if you become attached to it, your belief will be based more or less on a self-centered idea.

Indifference is the only road that never gets to God.

Never become attached to anything that continues to hurt God. For you to be free of it, God must be allowed to hurt whatever it may be.

The perfection of yoga is to become detached. And the perfection of detachment is to become completely attached, attached to God.

For the Christian mystics, detachment meant to leave attachment so that God could enter you and take over completely and you could climb the ladder to their heaven. Kind of crazy, but what the hell?

The artist, like the God of creation, remains within or behind or beyond or above his handiwork, invisible, refined out of existence, indifferent, paring his fingernails

Don't let what other people say disturb your mind. Be happy.

I like to go to anybody else's birthday, and if I'm invited I'm a good guest. But I never celebrate my birthdays. I really don't care.

I've gotten very good at detaching whenever I have to go away for three months, which I realize is hard on friends and kind of selfish.

By a conscious effort of the mind we can stand aloof from actions and their consequences; and all things, good and bad, go by us like a torrent.

I don't engage in social media, which has its good and bad sides, I guess - but the good side is when people hate my guts, I'm kind of oblivious to it.

I don't really get excited about good things happening to me.

I'm very good at forgetting people.

Learn how to let go and say a good good-bye.

I was just thinking about my own natural way of one-night stands: always wanting to be more attached to something. I'm not very good at detaching myself.

You will never be able to find happiness if you stay attached to the wrong person and don't move on.

Happiness is realizing that nothing is too important.

To spare oneself from grief at all cost can be achieved only at the price of total detachment, which excludes the ability to experience happiness

Letting go gives us freedom and freedom is the only condition for happiness

The secret of happiness lies in the mind's release from worldly ties.

To be truly happy and contented, you must let go of what it means to be happy or content.

True happiness is born of letting go of what is unnecessary.

Happiness and sorrow are twins, let them come and go like clouds.