Quotes About Equanimity

Few people are capable of expressing with equanimity opinions which differ from the prejudices of their social environment. Most people are incapable of forming such opinions.

Few people are capable of expressing with equanimity opinions which differ from the prejudices of their social environment. Most People are even incapable of forming such opinions.

Podem rezar latim sobre o meu caixão, se quiserem. Se quiserem, podem dançar e cantar à roda dele. Não tenho preferências para quando já não puder ter preferências. O que for, quando for, é que será o que é.

The supreme quality of great men is the power of resting. Anxiety, restlessness, fretting are marks of weakness.

You can Laugh or you can cry, it changes nothing

Because sometimes happiness isn't a choice. Sometimes, no matter how hard you try, you can't find joy. Which is why I've decided to stop beating myself up by desperately seeking happiness and give myself the permission to feel exactly how I feel, when I feel it. In fact, maybe, it's not happiness we should be looking for after all - but acceptance.

Let us train our minds to desire what the situation demands. It is best to bear what can't be altered. SENECA

You've just got to ride the wave of the season and ride the wave of life. You can't get too high and too low.

I try to kind of surf the waves as they come and stay loose so that if anything does throw me off balance, I'm kind of floppy enough to roll with it.

My point of view is that when I am playing cricket I cannot think that this game is less or more important.

I just try to stay cool, calm and collected.

How do I comfort myself? Well, I say, 'Life is just like that.'

Meditation allows us to deal with life as it is rather than looking at it and comparing it with how we think it's supposed to be.

I don't feel competitive.

I'm not a competitive person.

It is my job to be composed.

I'm composed, and I'm a calm player.

Always maintain your composure.

I am a calm person, and I never lose my composure.

I don't like to get involved in conflict.

Sometimes you just have to calm down a little bit and let the system work itself.

Charity is patient." I Cor. 13:4 Patience, says St. Thomas,1360 is a virtue attached to the virtue of fortitude, which hinders a man from departing from right reason illumined by faith by yielding to difficulties and to sadness. It makes him bear the evils of life with equanimity of soul, says St. Augustine,1361 without allowing himself to be troubled by vexations.

As events beyond my control unfold. I go within to find peace."

I'm merely talking about learning to be less bothered by the actions of people.