Quotes About Detachment

Release was not the same as Loss.

He understood it when other kids were mean to him. It didn't bother him. He simply hated them. As long as he hated them, it didn't matter what they thought of him.

I'll let my castle go

He followed matters closely but never soiled his hands, so that he could profess ignorance of the whole matter.

It's not always easy to spot idolatry in ourselves. Until the Holy Spirit brings it to light, we may be unaware how tight a grip something has on us. For that reason, we should pay close attention to anything we're convinced we can't live without.

la clave está en el equilibrio entre el porcentaje de desapego y el de sentimiento, en lograr cierta armonía entre el yo que sufre y el yo que controla.

towards Irma, seemingly burning or giving away every last item that had belonged to him?

When you find out you can live without it, go along not thinking about it.

We have chosen a stillness more powerful than all activity. A detachment more fulfilling than all possession, A wisdom exceeding all knowledge And a love beyond all.

He can take it and leave it, which is a much happier condition than having to do one or the other. He's not sure how this

Indivizii nu erau altceva pentru el decât niÅŸte stimulente;ÅŸi îndat? ce acÅ£iunea provocat? de ei se consuma,el se debarasa de aceÅŸtia.

Expect Nothing

And I take with joy whatever Now besets me, pain or fear, And with a strong will I sever All the ties which bind me here.

Unashamed, accustomed to solitude, he began to enjoy his near-invisibility. From his position at the edge of the school around him, he took vicarious pleasure in the activities of those around him, silently celebrating the rise or fall of this or that playground emperor, or the examination failures of particularly unappetizing class-fellows: the delights of the spectator.

Such were the factors that detached Ormus Cama from the ordinary ties of family life. The ties that strangle us, which we call love. Because of the loosening of these ties he became, with all the attendant pain of such becoming, free.

Thoughts themselves are not a problem, but being identified with thought is.

Hockey is still my favourite sport. I think that might be part of what makes me successful. I don't live or die by racquetball, so I can detach from it when needed. I'm all about all sports.

Treat all things as if they were loaned to you without any ownership - whether body or soul, sense or strength, external goods or honors, house or hall . . . everything.

No longer lend your strength to that which you wish to be free from.

Stress is an alarm clock that lets you know you're attached to something not true for you.

A burning passion coupled with absolute detachment is the key to all success.

I'm quite detached from failure and success. Once a shooting is done, I kind of close that chapter in my life.

Enjoy everything that happens in your life, but never make your happiness or success dependent on an attachment to any person, place, or thing.

Whatever your plan, you never invest your own self-worth in its ultimate success or failure.