Quotes About Detachment

I opened myself to the gentle indifference of the world.

A good rule in life is to tell yourself simply, 'What comes of itself, let it come.

Desire is half of life, indifference is half of death.

Hold loosely to the things of this life, so that if God requires them of you, it will be easy to let them go.

I was not, I was, I am not, I care not. (Non fui, fui, non sum, non curo)

With me, my main vision for life was to avoid as many people as possible. The less people I saw the better I felt.

"I do not want to get material life, do not want the sense-life, but something higher." That is renunciation. Then, by the power of meditation, undo the mischief that has been done.

There is nothing scary about life if you are not attached to results.

there was absolutely nothing she could do. About anything. And there was something about that that felt oddly freeing.

I release you. I evict you from my heart. Because if I don't do it now, I never will.

Why couldn't the Buddhist vacuum in corners? A. Because she had no attachments.

It is not uncommon in the modern world for people to retreat into the world of books to escape from the realities of the outside world. The printed word evokes the modern notion of security, with the emphasis on detachment, privacy, autonomy, predictability, and enclosed artificiality.

Groan and forget it.

Wer bin ich, wenn ich bin, was ich habe und dann verliere, was ich habe?

We have lost all feeling for one another. We can hardly control ourselves when our glance lights on the form of some other man. We are insensible, dead men, who through some trick, some dreadful magic, are still able to run and to kill.

Najlakše se gubi što se drži u ruci, nikad ono što se napušta.

I am aware that I, without realizing it, have lost my feelings -- I don't belong here anymore, I live in an alien world. I prefer to be left alone, not disturbed by anybody. They talk too much - I can't relate to them -- they are only busy with the superficial things

But life isn't hard to manage when you've nothing to lose.

The questioners had that beautiful detachment and devotion to stern justice of men dealing in death without being in any danger of it.

He could beat anything, he thought, because no thing could hurt him if he did not care.

I would take anything I love and throw it off the highest cliff you ever saw and not wait to hear it bounce.

You did not have to like it because you understood it. He could beat anything, he thought, because no thing could hurt him if he did not care

that beautiful detachment and devotion to stern justice of men dealing in death without being in any danger of it.

But life isn't hard to manage when you've nothing to lose.