Quotes About Detachment

Horror can only be borne if one ceases to think of the individual identity of those involved;

If I were the earth it would disgust me, all this vermin on my back, I'd shake it off.

Surviving one's own life, living on the other side of it like a spectator, is quite comfortable after all. You no longer expect anything, no longer fear anything, and every hour is like a memory.

An imaginary divinity has been given to man so that he may strip himself of it.

The reality of the world is the result of our attachment. It is the reality of the self which we transfer into things. It has nothing to do with independent reality. That is only perceptible through total detachment. Should only one thread remain, there is still attachment.

I feel that it is necessary and ordained that I should be alone, a stranger and an exile in relation to every human circle, without exception.

Attachment is a manufacturer of illusions and whoever wants reality ought to be detached.

L'esclave est celui à qui il n'est proposé aucun bien comme but de ses fatigues, sinon la simple existence. Il doit alors ou être détaché ou tombé au niveau végétatif

But after a fortnight he could enter the lounge, ignore the human furniture, and rustle his newspaper with almost as much relaxation as he had felt in his library in Zenith. He was becoming accustomed to the home of the homeless.

Knowing that I cannot escape it, I see no point in worrying about

Ya no siente el menor desprecio sino una inmensa indiferencia.

Learning to detach is a difficult skill for those of us who are naturally empathic. In picking up vibes, we tend to pick up everything, and it takes serious focus to avoid doing so.

My favorite technique for detaching is to imagine that the world around me is a wonderful movie to learn from and enjoy, but I'm not the star of it. Just as I'd never get so lost in a film that I'd jump out of my seat and run toward the screen, I restrain myself from feeling the urge to absorb the energies around me and call them my own. Using this technique, I can observe the events around me with creative detachment.

The instant enough of us detach from patriarchy and stop facilitating it, that is the instant tyranny will cease.

My standpoint is armed neutrality.

Sometimes you have to leave the world in order to learn how to live in it. Thoreau shunned society, went to the woods, and came back with a new understanding of life.

One of the odd enjoyments in life is to be alone in a room full of people. To have them there as unknowing human filler in your wide shot.

So I observe life a little bit, rather than participating in it.

In the end, The treasure of life is missed by those who hold on and gained by those who let go.

It's important in life if you don't give a shit. It can help you a lot.

I was like a turd that drew flies instead of like a flower that butterflies and bees desired. I wanted to live alone, I felt best being alone, cleaner, , ,

You will realize your life is most peaceful when you actually stop caring or worrying about things and situations you can not change.

When the living gets unburdened with needs and desires, the life becomes simple and easy to carry.

To be unattached in every phase of one's life is indeed full enlightened bliss of the Self (Purna samadhi)!