Quotes About Equanimity

It doesn't matter

The most important skill in life is to learn the acceptance of that which you have not planned for yourself.

The most important skill in life is to learn the acceptance of that which you have not planned for yourself. Discontent, if watered even the slightest bit, spreads like choke weed. It will smother the garden if you let it,

Assume in adversity a countenance of prosperity, and in prosperity moderate thy temper.

Since everything is but an apparition, having nothing to do with good or bad, acceptance or rejection, one may well burst out in laughter.

peace. it does not mean to be in a place where there is no noise, trouble, or hard work. it means to be in the midst of those things and still be calm in your heart.

PEACE. IT DOES NOT MEAN TO BE IN A PLACE WHERE THERE IS NO NOISE, TROUBLE, OR HARD WORK. IT MEANS TO BE IN THE MIDST OF THOSE THINGS AND STILL BE CALM IN

Anger is just anger. It isn't good. It isn't bad. It just is. What you do with it is what matters.

had been taught long ago never to whimper or moan or to blame someone else for his troubles. Life is tough, so accept the consequences. With the good also comes the bad, and vice versa.

I have tried, at least most of the time, to set high objectives, to accept failures and disappointments with relative equanimity, to acknowledge and try to correct my mistakes and weaknesses, and then to set different and sometimes higher goals for the future.

Some things don't even phase me anymore and some make me upset too easily, hate being disappointed. Expect nothing & you won't be!

Lately it takes a lot to get me mad, there's no point in being mad over little things when there's bigger problems to worry about.

Those who have conquered themselves...live in peace, alike in cold and heat, pleasure and pain, praise and blame...To such people a clod of dirt, a stone, and gold are the same...Because they are impartial, they rise to great heights.

I don't get angry very often. I lose my temper rarely. And when I do, there's always a legitimate cause. Normally I have a great lightness of being. I take things in a very happy, amused way.

The still lake without ripples is an image of our minds at ease, so full of unlimited friendliness for all the junk at the bottom of the lake that we don't feel the need to churn up the waters just to avoid looking at what's there.

Don't get upset with people or situations. Both are powerless without your reaction.

There'll be less wars, fights, and disputes if we all learn to be happy with everything that we have.

Accept whatever changes that life throws at you because the day will come when there are no changes.

The secret of life is to accept. Accept happiness, accept sorrow; accept success, accept failure; accept fame, accept disgrace; accept doubt, even accept the impression of certainty.

The best way to find happiness is not to search for it.

There is nothing but comparison that makes people happy or miserable.

She knew that nothing she could imagine could approach the strangeness of the expidition's first contact with non-Terrestrial beings. She could not predict what would happen. It was the sense of immersing herself in strangeness that she sought, knowing she would have to meet the reality with equanimity, and wing it from there.

Let your confidence reflect your contentedness.

Being cool is when you win, you don't get too happy; and when you lose, you don't get too mad.