Quotes About Detachment

He scorns the tumult of the city and never hears the shouts of a driver.

When you glance at wealth, it disappears, for it makes wings for itself and flies like an eagle to the sky.

Nor have we built houses in which to live, and we have not owned any vineyards or fields or crops.

Do not carry any gold or silver or copper in your belts.

Let no one on the housetop come down to retrieve anything from his house.

And let no one in the field return for his cloak.

Let no one on the housetop go back inside to retrieve anything from his house.

And let no one in the field return for his cloak.

Carry no purse or bag or sandals. Do not greet anyone along the road.

And He said to them, “Watch out! Guard yourselves against every form of greed, for oneís life does not consist in the abundance of his possessions.”

On that day, let no one on the housetop come down to retrieve his possessions. Likewise, let no one in the field return for anything he has left behind.

Whoever loves his life will lose it, but whoever hates his life in this world will keep it for eternal life.

those who weep, as if they did not; those who are joyful, as if they were not; those who make a purchase, as if they had nothing;