Equanimity Quotes · Page 2

Equanimity arises when we accept the way things are.

— Jack Kornfield

A son can bear with equanimity the loss of his father, but the loss of his inheritance may drive him to despair.

— Niccolo Machiavelli

Not one woman over seventeen has any faith in her skin tone, and no woman over thirty can ever regard her upper…

— Cynthia Heimel

I practice loving-kindness meditation, which cultivates compassion and equanimity.

— Sarah MacLean

Be happy for those who are happy, have compassion towards the unhappy, and maintain equanimity towards the wicked.

— Patanjali

Equanimity is the gem in virtue's chaplet, and St. Sweetness the loveliest in her calendar.

— Amos Bronson Alcott

Philosophy teaches us to bear with equanimity the misfortunes of others.

— Oscar Wilde

For want of self-restraint many men are engaged all their lives in fighting with difficulties of their own making.

— Samuel Smiles

So nothing is ever good or bad unless you think it so, and vice versa. All luck is good luck to the…

— Boethius

If we cannot meet our everyday surroundings with equanimity and pleasure and grow each day in some useful direction, then... life is…

— Luther Burbank

No one put a gun to your head and ordered you to become a writer. One writes out of his own choice…

— Stanley Ellin

No doubt you are right... there would be far less suffering amongst mankind if men... did not employ their imaginations so assiduously…

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

“Where there is no attachment for the good and abhorrence for the bad is called the state of equanimity. The one without…

— Dada Bhagwan

A life that most people will never even know about can be yours in this study, but only if you approach it…

— Frederick Lenz

Often, moreover, it is...that aspect of our being that society finds eccentric, ridiculous, or disagreeable, that holds our sweet waters, our secret…

— Tom Robbins

You always own the option of having no opinion. There is never any need to get worked up or to trouble your…

— Marcus Aurelius

That I should die next week, I would still be able to sit at my desk all week and study with perfect…

— Etty Hillesum

"Fate permitting" is a standard Stoic phrase meant to remind ourselves that planning things is up to us, but the ultimate outcomes…

— Massimo Pigliucci

We must eradicate root and branch any fear and dread in our soul concerning the future that is coming towards us... We…

— Rudolf Steiner

The meek are positive and often colorful characters. They are not self-assertive nor self-seeking, to be sure, but rather they are unselfish…

— V. Raymond Edman

I always wonder when people have any kind of spiritual and meditative practice especially if it's one designed in part to help…

— Laurie Anderson

As the great grandchildren of the industrial revolution, we have learned, at last, that the heedless pursuit of more is unsustainable and,…

— Gary Hamel

Survival is as much a matter of grace as fight. The expression, 'grace under pressure' implies the attainment of equanimity and equilibrium.…

— Gretel Ehrlich

Serenity, regularity, absence of vanity,Sincerity, simplicity, veracity, equanimity, Fixity, non-irritability, adaptability, Humility, tenacity, integrity, nobility, magnanimity, charity, generosity, purity. Practise daily these…

— Socrates

If there is love, there is hope that one may have real families, real brotherhood, real equanimity, real peace. If the love…

— Dalai Lama

The best way to overcome fear is to face with equanimity the situation of which one is afraid.

— B.K.S. Iyengar

Material wealth does not equate to success. Equanimity and peace of mind does

— Sri Sri Ravi Shankar

His conviction that everything happened for a reason, and would come to good, gave him laughing equanimity even in hard times.

— Laura Hillenbrand

In this thing one man is superior to another, that he is better able to bear adversity and prosperity.

— Philemon

“Only with equanimity can we see that everything that comes into our circle has come to teach us what we need to…

— Pema Chödrön

“Anyone who likes may make things easier for himself by viewing them with equanimity.”

— Seneca

What is patience but an equanimity which enables you to rise superior to the trials of life.

— William Osler

“Surrender creates equanimity and bliss because you release yourself from any attachment to the results.”

— Annette Vaillancourt

My focus is on always trying to treat the inevitable highs and lows of life with the same blissful, calm energy.

— Kordell Stewart

“Rejoice in good times, but always remember that, sooner or later, good times will end, as will the bad times.”

— Amar Ochani

What I’ve learned through my meditation is a sense of equanimity, a sense of all things being equal.

— Goldie Hawn

Because He moves against faults, God is said to be angered, although He is moved by no disturbance of equanimity.

— Pope Gregory I

“A modern definition of equanimity: cool. This refers to one whose mind remains stable & calm in all situations.”

— Allan Lokos

The 7 factors of enlightenment: mindfullness, investigation of mental objects, energy, joy, tranquility, concentration and equanimity.

— Nhat Hanh

Let the wave of memory, the storm of desire, the fire of emotion pass through without affecting your equanimity.

— Sathya Sai Baba