Quotes About Detachment

You never really get caught up in things, do you, Ann?" "No," said Ann thoughtfully, "I don't think I do. I think I'm one of those people who is a born observer. More like a commentator on the radio.

Right now, I'm following the Buddhist principle: Smile as abuse is hurled your way and this too shall pass.

If you know how to let go and be at peace, you know everything you need to know about living in the world." – Ajahn Brahm

Disengaging means you leave these things alone and you're not concerned or worried about them.

Your job is to be free, not to carry around the so-called attainments or failures of the past.

Instead, understand that this world is just the play of the senses. It's the five khandhas doing their thing; it has nothing to do with you. It's just people being people, the world being the world. Sometimes

Remember you don't meditate to get anything, but to get rid of things. We do it, not with desire, but with letting go.

Give up everything, even peace.

The point is, the Four Stages are not for ego-development or attainment; they are a skilful means for recognizing the way we cling to things.

I despise hearing about other people's problems, because I don't like most people, especially people who would be described as normal.

When he was gone I blocked his number and then deleted it from my phone. When I say good bye I mean it.

Sometimes people do you a favour when they drop out of your life.

The pursuit of love seemed to need the cultivation of indifference.

I give myself strength by staying away from any music.

My personality doesn't interest me.

My perspective is that you should be IN the world, but not OF the world.

My philosophy is: It's none of my business what people say of me and think of me.

I feel like the phone was in my way. So I got rid of the phone to focus.

I could give up my phone any day. I don't need it.

People say that they can't leave their homes without their phones; well, I can.

In the not so distant past, we were close enough to our community to physically see how our actions impacted the group overall. Now it's just too easy to look the other way, or turn off the TV or computer and detach ourselves from the others.

I had attached my life to basketball so closely that it made me physically ill.

I'd much rather have sat there and just been a fly on the wall, instead of having to smile at people. I'd rather have been a waitress. Just gone round and stared at people.

People can criticise me all day long. It just washes off me. You might as well be talking to a wall.