Quotes About Equanimity

A person with the best strategy never gets angry.

Norman said, "Sometimes there are no winners and it's all a wash," mindful that anything said was enough, and at times, nothing was demanded save the presence of another.

You must let what happens happen. Everything must be equal in your eyes, good and evil, beautiful and ugly, foolish and wise, just as it is in the eyes of the Childlike Empress. You may only search and inquire, never judge. Always remember that, Atreyu!

I have no pity for them, but no hatred either

To rest was to receive all aspects of the world without judgement.

For the first time since embarking on this project, I began to understand what the volunteers in the cancer-anxiety trials had been trying to tell me: how it was that a psychedelic journey had granted them a perspective from which the very worst life can throw at us, up to and including death, could be regarded objectively and accepted with equanimity.

Vipassana taught me how to maintain equanimity in all situations of life.

Learning how to be calm and centered in any situation is a skill for life, whatever you do.

We should practice being so centered in our daily lives that if the world crumbles beneath our feet it doesn't matter and won't throw us off.

Meet this transient world with neither grasping nor fear, trust the unfolding of life, and you will attain true serenity.

We are so unhappy that we can only enjoy something which we should be annoyed to see go wrong, and that can and does constantly happen to thousands of things. Anyone who found the secret of rejoicing when things go well without being annoyed when they go badly would have found the point. It is perpetual motion.

May I meet this moment fully. May I meet it as a friend.

the moment in which the mind acknowledge 'This isn't what I wanted, but it's what I got' is the point at which suffering disappears. Sadness might remain present, but the mind ... is free to console, free to support the mind's acceptance of the situation, free to allow space for new possibilities to come into view. [p. 29]

Heir to your own karma doesn't mean 'You get what you deserve.' I think it means 'You get what you get.' Bad things happen to good people. My happiness depending on my action means, to me, that it depends on my action of choosing compassion--for myself as well as for everyone else--rather than contention. [p.61]

I smile with equanimity and do not cherish grudges, as most of us adults do, letting them fester like a cancer. But I let my emotions run on the same forgiving and transient track.

Teach us to care and not to care

Teach us to care and not to care Teach us to sit still.

There were people who were like this, the ones who could not be ruffled or else didn't show it, who possessed great internal reservoirs of calm.

Live your life as a lonely stranger. As a wanderer filled with awe and wonder. Leave everything as you found it. For none of it belongs to you. Let the events happen around you, knowing that none of them are happening TO You. And you will live an equanimous life.

What would be the nature of a person's life if he did not seek pleasure? A: He would live a life of equanimity. He would be content and complete in each moment. Though he may involve himself in lofty pursuits, his contentedness and completeness would go with him. He would have abandoned the ceaseless chase. And when a man no longer feels the need to chase, life begins to chase him.

Whatever is going on, whether there is pain or joy, light or darkness, separation or wholeness, accept it! The Sun and the Moon oppose each other on a Full Moon. Just accept it! No need to take the side of the Moon or the side of the Sun. Hold them both, while also being aware of where you are, of your advantage point of observation. Acceptance is the deepest secret of all initiation processes, the most difficult to grasp and the easiest to practice.

The moderation of people in prosperity is the effect of a smooth and composed temper, owing to the calm of their good fortune.

When we are unable to find tranquility within ourselves, it is useless to seek it elsewhere.

Small minds are much distressed by little things. Great minds see them all but are not upset by them.