Quotes About Equanimity

A Horseman should know neither fear, nor anger.

There is no good arguing with the inevitable. The only argument available with an east wind is to put on your overcoat.

She drew herself up to her full height—it was a little difficult on a donkey—and said primly, "I have always found that in painful situations it is a sensible idea to take each hour as it comes and not to anticipate beyond. But oh how I wish I could have a bath!

Where they are, how they are, there's no way we can know and no way we can do anything about it. Do what I do.' 'What?' 'Don't think about it.

Enlightenment is nothing more than the complete absence of resistance to what is. End of story.

When you argue with reality, reality always wins

Abiding means letting everything be as it already is – no matter what it is. If you're feeling good, let that be as it is. If you're feeling bad, let that be as it is. No matter what your emotional, physical, or mental state, let it be as it is and don't wish it to be otherwise. If you want it to be different from what it is, you're not abiding; you're picking and choosing and trying to control your experience. (p. 29)

Awareness is not trying to change things; awareness is not trying to fixing anything. You can start to notice that there is this presence of awareness within you, which is not trying to change your humanness. It's not trying to alter you. Just as important, it's not trying to alter others. This awareness is totally inclusive. It is a state of being where everything is okay simply the way it is.

Enlightenment is nothing more than the complete absence of resistance to what is.

Consciousness, or your true nature, is allowing everything to be as it is.

Contentment with our lot is an element of happiness.

It's no use resenting a thing that you've no power to stop.

When the weather is hot, keep a cool mind. When the weather is cold, keep a warm heart.

The secret of life is ... everything is out of control.

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

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

Freedom is being content to be where you are.

The secret of life is… everything is out of control." – Ajahn Brahm

If you see things with real insight, then there is no stickiness in your relationship to them. They come, pleasant and unpleasant, you see them and there is no attachment, They come and they pass. Even if the worst kinds of defilement come up, such as greed or anger, there enough wisdom to see their impermanent nature and allow them to fade away. If you react to them, by liking or disliking, that is not wisdom. You're only creating more suffering for yourself.

I'm not "happy" but I'm not unhappy about it.

Equanimity is a quality of being centered in yourself, though at the same time being exquisitely sensitive to the forces that are at work all around, or else you will be vulnerable to being tossed around by the sorts of unexpected waves that crash in on every life.

There will always be suffering. But we must not suffer over the suffering.

In my personal life, I would just feel like, I will always be cool with everyone.

I have a fearless but neutral personality.