Quotes About Detachment

So he held toward them an attitude of iron reserve; he lived with them, but behind a wall, a curtain. And toward himself he was even more exacting.

He stopped several feet away, assessing them with one smooth glance, and in that instant Miranda could have sworn she saw something flicker in his dark, dark eyes. Curiosity? Confusion? Whatever it might have been, in the very next second it was gone, replaced by polite detachment.

God warns us to not get too attached to what's around us because it is temporary. We're told, "Those in frequent contact with the things of the world should make good use of them without becoming attached to them, for this world and all it contains will pass away."9

disengaging from the rat race Jackson

Edna looked straight before her with a self-absorbed expression upon her face. She felt no interest in anything about her. The street, the children, the fruit vender, the flowers growing there under her eyes, were all part and parcel of an alien world which had suddenly become antagonistic.

She felt no interest in anything about her. The street, the children, the fruit vender, the flowers growing there under her eyes, were all part and parcel of an alien world which had suddenly become antagonistic.

Edward was the lone contrarian. He prided himself on not hoping, on not allowing his heart to lift inside of him. He prided himself on keeping his heart silent, immobile, closed tight.

away from the car.

Sometimes I wish I could look away, like other people seem to be able to do. Not feel it's my job to put things right.

I've learned that everything that thinks and feels," she said, "grows by subtraction. Detachment brings perspective. Wisdom comes from letting go. It's true for humans, too, but most of them seem to struggle with it.

He hesitated, looking at her. The old Ellie was gone. Replaced by a woman who was detached and cold. He didn't know what to say, how to reach her. There was a wall around her, and he'd laid the foundation for her to build it.

She much preferred to be safely on the outside of life, watching, than deeply involved.

Don't cry over anything that can't cry over you.

Muichi Motsu: Hold nothing: If you meet Buddha, kill Buddha. If you meet the patriarchs, kill the patriarchs. Free of all, bound by nothing, you live your life simply as it is

Oh, for God's sake. Save your piss. Don't save your piss. It's all the same to me.

She had everything Joseph had ever given her, without the nuisance of having Joseph himself.

It is not life and wealth and power that enslave men, but the cleaving to life and wealth and power.

May the things of this world so lose their power over us that we do not in the slightest wish to be 'worldly'; nay, we even delight in not remaining 'in the world.'

When he has the power to see things detached from self-interest and from the insistent claims of the lust of the senses, then alone can he have the true vision of the beauty that is everywhere.

One detects creative power by its capacity to conquer one's detachment.

You're not worth the salt in my tears or the brain power it would take me to even conjure your face. (Aiden)

It is the highest manifestation of the power of Vairagya when it takes away even our attraction towards the qualities.

Fasting detaches you from this world. Prayer reattaches you to the next world.

Care about what other people think and you will always be their prisoner.