Quotes About Equanimity

Nothing gives one person so much advantage over another as to remain always cool and unruffled under all circumstances.

Contentment doth not appear only now and then, as some stars which are seen but seldom; it is a settled temper of heart.

I've always tried to stay out of the fray and not be an object of controversy.

My procrastination which has held me back was born of fear and now I recognize this secret mined from the depths of all courageous hearts. Now I know that to conquer fear I must always act without hesitation and the flutters in my heart will vanish. Now I know that action reduces the lion of terror to an ant of equanimity. I will act now.

All stress comes from resisting what is.

The superior man, in the world, does not set his mind either for anything, or against anything; what is right he will follow.

you fix what you can fix and you let the rest go. If there ain't nothin to be done about it it aint even a problem. It's just a aggravation.

Magnanimous Mind61 is like a mountain, stable and impartial. Exemplifying the ocean, it is tolerant and views everything from the broadest perspective. Having a Magnanimous Mind means being without prejudice and refusing to take sides.

I learned thirty years ago that it is foolish to scold. I have enough trouble overcoming my own limitations without fretting over the fact that God has not seen fit to distribute evenly the gift of intelligence.

O to be self-balanced for contingencies, to confront night, storms, hunger, ridicule, accidents, rebuffs, as the trees and animals do.

What will be will be well — for what is is well, To take interest is well, and not to take interest is well.

Me wherever my life is lived, O to be self-balanced for contingencies, To confront night, storms, hunger, ridicule, accidents, rebuffs, as the trees and animals do.

Here or henceforward it is all the same to me, I accept Time absolutely.

the calm in the vortex.

simply enjoy giving more than receiving in every respect, do not take myself nor the doings of the masses seriously, am not ashamed of my weaknesses and vices, and naturally take things as they come with equanimity and humor.

giving more, arguing less, and releasing your attachment to everything

Fully functioning people never complain, and particularly they don't complain about the rocks being rough, or the sky being cloudy or the ice being too cold. Acceptance means no complaining, and happiness means no complaining about the things over which you can do nothing.

By not wanting, there is calm

Living Untroubled by Good or Bad Fortune

Permit the paradox of wanting the irritant to vanish and allowing it to be what it is. Look inward for it in your thoughts and allow yourself to feel it wherever it is and however it moves in your body.

Being content with what you have

Replace the sentence "It isn't fair" with "It's unfortunate," or "I'd prefer..." Thus, instead of insisting that the world be other than it is, you begin to accept reality—but not necessarily to approve of it.

Don't try to delude yourself into believing that you enjoy something that you find distasteful. You can dislike something and still not have to be angry about it.

If you can meet triumph and disaster, and treat those two imposters just the same . . . yours is the earth and everything that's in it.