Quotes About Detachment

Hãy v?t ngay Ä'i cái gì không ph?i c?a ta. Hãy thanh l?c các ý ki?n c?a b?n ?? cái gì không thuá»™c v? b?n s? không bám l?y b?n, ??ng có dính vào Ä'ó và cÅ©ng ??ng Ä'au kh? khi ng??i ta tÆ°á»›c b? c?a b?n cái th? không thuá»™c v? b?n Ä'ó.

when things seem to have reached that stage, merely say "I won't play any longer", and take your departure; but if you stay, stop lamenting.

There is but one way to tranquility of mind and happiness, and that is to account no external things thine own, but to commit all to God.

Never say about anything, I have lost it, but only I have given it back.

Above all, remember that the door stands open. Be not more fearful than children; but as they, when they weary of the game, cry, I will play no more, even so, when thou art in the like case, cry, I will play no more and depart. But if thou stayest, make no lamentation.

Restrict yourself to choice and refusal; and exercise them carefully, with discipline and detachment.

Stop honouring externals, quit turning yourself into the tool of mere matter, or of people who can supply you or deny you those material things.

Never say of anything that I've lost it, only that I've given it back.

And the way to be free is to let go of anything that is not within your control.

Don't concern yourself with other people's business. It's his problem if he receives you badly. And you cannot suffer for another person's fault. So don't worry about the behavior of other.

Seek not that the things which happen should happen as you wish; but wish the things which happen to be as they are, and you will have a tranquil flow of life. IX

Seek not for events to happen as you wish but rather wish for events to happen as they do and your life will go smoothly.

Dès qu'une image viendra te troubler l'esprit, pense à te dire : « Tu n'es qu'image, et non la réalité dont tu as l'apparence. » Puis, examine-la et soumets-la à l'épreuve des lois qui règlent ta vie : avant tout, vois si cette réalité dépend de nous ou n'en dépend pas ; et si elle ne dépend pas de nous, sois prêt à dire : « Cela ne me regarde pas. »

If you keep yourself calm, poised and dignified, [10] if you observe rather than are observed, if you don't envy people with greater success, don't let externals disconcert you – if you do all this, what more do you need?

Seek at once, therefore, to be able to say to every unpleasing semblance, "You are but a semblance and by no means the real thing." And then examine it by those rules which you have; and first and chiefly by this: whether it concerns the things which are within our own power or those which are not; and if it concerns anything beyond our power, be prepared to say that it is nothing to you.

Never say of anything that I've lost it, only that Ive given it back.

Do not seek to have events happen as you want them to, but instead want them to happen as they do happen, and your life will go well.

Whoever then wishes to be free, let him neither wish for anything nor avoid anything which depends on others: if he does not observe this rule, he must be a slave.

Inner peace begins when we stop saying of things, "I have lost it" and instead say, "It has been returned to where it came from.

I cannot stay in harmony if I let myself become upset by things beyond my control.

Open your eyes: See things for what they really are, thereby sparing yourself the pain of false attachments and avoidable devastation.

Never say about anything, "I have lost it," but instead, "I have given it back.

Some things are up to us and some are not up to us. Our opinions are up to us, and our impulses, desires, aversions – in short, whatever is our own doing. Our bodies are not up to us, nor are our possessions, our reputations, or our public offices. . .

There is one road to peace and happiness (keep the thought near by morning, noon and night): renunciation of externals;