Quotes About Equanimity

I'm trying to not get too caught up in what I can't control.

You have to learn how to behave in these kind of moments when you are not able to control the game 100 per cent.

I just try not to be at the centre of everything.

I tend to let the chips fall where they may. I don't know if that's right or wrong.

The probability of apocalypse soon cannot be realistically estimated, but it is surely too high for any sane person to contemplate with equanimity.

Well, actually I don't care what surface I'm playing on.

When you're around for as long as I have, nothing surprises you any more.

In other words, if someone remains in a peaceful and tranquil state of mind, external surroundings can cause them only a limited disturbance.

There are two rules for living in harmony. #1) Don't sweat the small stuff and #2) It's all small

I am certain that a quiet mind is the foundation of inner peace. And inner peace translates into outer peace.

If you do, there will come a day when you'll rarely feel the need to do battle at all.

Rather than stumbling and fighting against their negative feelings, they are graceful in their acceptance of them.

The more patient you are, the more accepting you will be of what is, rather than insisting that life be exactly as you would like it to be.

two rules of harmony. #1) Don't sweat the small stuff, and #2) It's all small stuff.

Take what is offered, and that must sometimes be enough.

A few deep breaths would take care of that. She studied the horse and took deep breaths.

Whatever happens to you, embrace it, the good and the bad equally. Death is just one more thing to be embraced.

Whatever happens to you, embrace it, the good and the bad equally.

Wisdom includes not getting angry unnecessarily. The Law ignores trifles and the wise man does, too.

Man's happiness really lies in contentment.

That which makes the man no worse than he was makes his life no worse: it has no power to harm, without or within.

The wise man never loses his temper.

We could not help contrasting the equanimity of Nature with the bustle and impatience of man. His words and actions presume alwaysa crisis near at hand, but she is forever silent and unpretending.

There is "what is" only when there is no comparing and to live with "what is" is to be peaceful.