Quotes About Equanimity

Two female horses, retired mares, separated by a sliding barn door, nose each other. Neither of them will get pregnant again, their job is to just be a horse.

Suen Le! (it means, "Let it be.

Nature is neutral.

You've got to be able to let things roll off your back, and you've got to have some patience.

I play the way I am as a person. I don't panic, I'm patient.

I am very far away from being angry. I really don't get angry most of the time. I am a patient person.

Peace is its own reward.

My message is all about peace.

I don't have problems with nobody, period.

It ought to be plain how little you gain by getting excited and vexed. You'll always be late for the previous train, and always on time for the next.

The goal in meditation is not to exorcise the psyche of disturbing thoughts and emotions, nor to suppress them, but to hold them in non-reactive, friendly awareness. They may not necessarily disappear from the practitioner's psyche, but through consistent observing and witnessing of them, they cease to trouble him or her.

Remember when life's path is steep to keep your mind even.

To be honest, I don't really care if I'm starting or coming off the bench.

I'm the type of person, I don't like to make a big deal out of problems.

One of the big things is I try not to worry about things I can't control.

I don't bother about anything, I don't let anything affect me.

I am kind of a cold guy and I don't suffer much because of the past.

Every opinion must be suffered. One must listen to what may be rousing, annoying, even shocking, but it must be done honestly, fairly and with equanimity, respecting the rights of every Member of the Knesset and each faction, guarding the minority in the face of the predatory majority.

Do not watch yourself too closely. Do not draw over-rapid conclusions from what is happening to you. Simply let it happen.

The resistance to the unpleasant situation is the root of suffering.

Allow that you are at this moment not in the wrong place in your life. Consider the possibility that there have been no errors in the game. Just consider it. Consider that there is not an error, and everything that's come down on your plate is the way it is and here we are.

As we acquire a certain degree of equanimity in self-image, we are that much more likely to feel empathy for those around us. We know what it's like to be a "self" moving through the world of "others." When someone feels particularly isolated or in pain, we don't need a great deal of information in order to come to his or her aid.

My Guru, Maharaj-ji, once told me, "Enjoy everything!" These days I try to simply love everything that comes my way, whether animate or inanimate, pleasant or painful. I hope you too can learn to absorb life's ecstasies and distresses into your spiritual practice so they are just more grist for the mill.

So we won't take ourselves too seriously. Because taking something serious doesn't make it go away any faster. In fact, it keeps making it a little bit worse.