Quotes About Equanimity

We can't wait to be happy until we remove one hundred percent of suffering. That moment will never exist.

Happiness is when you are content with who you are, what you are, and where you are.

A felicidade nunca é graciosa.Happiness is never gracious.

True peaceful state is that when one has inner peace amidst total lack of peace on the outside. Bliss of the Self (samadhi) amidst external turmoil is 'tested' samadhi.

Right understanding is that which finds happiness in the state of unhappiness.

Absence of Kashays (anger-pride-deceit-greed) is indeed bliss.

No matter how many years you sit doing zazen, you will never become anything special.

The wise expect nothing, hope for nothing, thus avoiding all disappointment and anxiety.

When we have gone beyond the boundaries of hope and fear, we are able to work with whatever comes our way.

I hope that I am as broadminded as others, and you have always seen a decanter of wine on the table.

If you have inner peace, you can create peace everywhere.

Everything that happens happens as it should, and if you observe carefully, you will find this to be so.

The first rule is to keep an untroubled spirit. The second is to look things in the face and know them for what they are.

When things are steep, remember to stay level-headed.

I follow four dictates: face it, accept it, deal with it, then let it go.

The wise man should be prepared for everything that does not lie within his control.

That man has reached immortality who is disturbed by nothing material.

I do not judge the universe.

Someone else's action should not determine your response.

I let my personal feelings take care of themselves. I find that works better.

If a problem can be solved it will be. If it can not be solved there is no use worrying about it.

The pair of opposites do not effect a yogi - neither praise nor insult.

Self-acceptance is involved in this process. You have got to be able to look at both your dark and your light side and not get enamored or depressed by either.

I practice staying calm all the time, beginning with situations that aren't tense.