Quotes About Equanimity

You are very easily exasperated, my dear. If you're a leaf trembling on a wide, deep river, relax and ride the current. It's always worked for me, I assure you.

I am fine, I do not close any doors, I am open to whatever comes but it does not stop me sleeping.

I think I look slightly like a horse. Hand on heart, I think I'm pretty average.

The world is not disturbing you, you are disturbing yourself about the world.

listen and enjoy what you were not given in life—peace.

Enter into the activities of the world, without getting overjoyed by success or totally put out by failure. Whether they love you or hate you, it doesn't much matter. What matters is stillness.

As you meditate, you will be able to look at the beauties and horrors of life and accept them with an equal mind. You will love more and be kinder to those around you.

The art of spirituality is learning to be happy in any condition and in any circumstance. This is the art of love.

I never had any preference for her, any more than I have a preference for breathing.

I am a lover of what is, not because I'm a spiritual person, but because it hurts when I argue with reality. We can know that reality is good just as it is, because when we argue with it, we experience tension and frustration. We don't feel natural or balanced. When we stop opposing reality, action becomes simple, fluid, kind, and fearless.

He is just like everyone else, except that he no longer believes that in this moment things should be different than they are. Therefore in all circumstances he remains at ease in the world, is efficient without the slightest effort, keeps his lightness of heart whatever happens, and, without intending to, acts with kindness toward himself and everyone else. He is who you are once you meet your mind with understanding.

Nothing external can disturb us. We suffer only when we want things to be different from what they are.

As I often say, if you argue with reality, you lose—but only 100 percent of the time.

there was no anger in his voice,no disappointment even.

You could say to the universe this is not fair. And the universe would say: Oh, isn't it? Sorry.

the art of happiness is also the art of suffering well.

Don't throw away your suffering. Touch your suffering. Face it directly, and your joy will become deeper. You know that suffering and joy are both impermanent. Learn the art of cultivating joy. Practice like this, and you come to the third turning of the Third Noble Truth, the "Realization" that suffering and happiness are not two. When you reach this stage, your joy is no longer fragile. It is true joy.

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

Whoever is not tied to possessions, clinging neither to body nor mind, is never in bondage.

Control the senses, practice equanimity. Live by disciplinary rules. Associate with good friends who are not lazy and live purely. Be courteous and well-mannered, and thus, full of joy. Put an end to suffering.

When people say, "Don't just sit there, do something," they're urging you to act. But if the quality of your being is poor—if you don't have enough peace, understanding, and equanimity, if you still have a lot of anger and worries—then your actions will also be poor.

It is not impermanence that makes us suffer. What makes us suffer is wanting things to be permanent when they are not.

Emotions are but one category of the many different mental formations we can have. They come, they stay for a while, and then they go. Why should we have to die for an emotion?

Releasing both victory and defeat, the tranquil minds dwell in happiness. Victory produces hostility.