Quotes About Detachment

I would like to forget everything, to forget myself and to forget the world.

Cu s?n?tatea n-am de ce s? m? plîng. Am ajuns ÅŸi eu în via??, dup? multe revolte inutile, s? m? resemnez, s? nu mai iau parte la lucruri ÅŸi evenimente, s? le privesc.

Dup? ce-ai gustat dezam?git din otrava religiei, tov?r??ia muzicii te dezlipe?te de accidentele decep?iei.

Am prejudecata singiratatii. Ma simt mai aproape de un om singur,chiar daca apara o cauza necurata,decat de unul care este aplaudat pentru o cauza excelenta.

Nul ne peut veiller sur sa solitude s'il ne sait se rendre odieux.

Ho trascinato tutti i miei si nel fango e ormai non aderisco al mondo più di un anello al dito di uno scheletro.

M-am plictisit de orice form? de agitaÅ£ie ÅŸi m-am convins c? toate nepl?cerile în via?? vin din participarea la un grup oarecare.Dac? ÅŸtiam lucrurile acestea demult,ast?zi eram mult mai înaintat.A trage consecinÅ£ele prostiilor altora e cea mai absurd? tragedie ce se poate îndura.

We have the more hold over this world the further we withdraw from it, the less we adhere to it.

I feel completely detached from any country, any group. I am a metaphysically displaced person

The wise man consents to everything, for he identifies himself with nothing. An opportunist without desires.

Impossible for me to know whether or not I take myself seriously. The drama of detachment is that we cannot measure its progress. We advance into a desert, and we never know where we are in it.

The flayed man as theoretician of detachment...The convulsionary as skeptic...

Renunciation is the only kind of action that is not degrading.

To be objective is to treat others as you treat an object, a corpse - to behave with them like an undertaker.

I try to wrest myself from everything, to raise myself by uprooting myself; in order to become futile, we must sever our roots, must become metaphysically alien.

Now, my dear Mr. Douglas, don't go off on those tiresome foreign affairs. What can it signify which conquers which, or who dethrones who, at that distance? Let them fight it out quietly. Besides, you need not pretend to understand national feuds if you have not found out what is passing under your eyes;

To sum up, the world is mine without effort of mine, and the world has not the slightest hold on me.

?ó là sá»± yên l?ng c?a nh?ng con ng??i nghÄ© r?ng mình không còn c?n thi?t cho th? giá»›i này n?a.

She studied the airline's frequent flier statement, detailing dates and points of departure and arrival far different from what she had been led to believe. She found certificates of deposit and money market accounts. For the most part, she was dispassionate

It's better to be rid of them than to have to fight off unpleasant memories.

You lose your sense of perspective when you get too close, and the charm goes.

It seemed so much safer and more comfortable to live in the lives of other people - to observe their joys and sorrows with detachment as if one were watching a film or a play.

Monocled and effete in appearance, cold and distant in manner, he concentrated with such single-mindedness on his profession that when an aide, at the end of an all-night staff ride in East Prussia, pointed out to him the beauty of the river Pregel sparkling in the rising sun, the General gave a brief, hard look and replied, "An unimportant obstacle.

the end, if you dedicate your energies to detaching from struggle, giving up fear, taking right action, and practicing true patience within yourself, you will find that all the pieces of your life begin to radiate with the luminosity of whole and true health.