Learn not to be attached to other people, to certain types of experiences. Allow the flow of life to guide you wherever… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
“Perform all thy actions with mind concentrated on the Divine, renouncing attachment and looking upon success and failure with an equal eye.… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
We could not help contrasting the equanimity of Nature with the bustle and impatience of man. His words and actions presume alwaysa… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
“It is always painful to part from people whom one has known for a very brief space of time. The absence of… — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
The teachings on love given by the Buddha are clear, scientific, and applicable... Love, compassion, joy, and equanimity are the very nature… — Nhat Hanh Copy Share Image
“Compassion does not need any special preparation, place or time. You can start it anywhere and anytime. Try it at home, work,… — Amit Ray Copy Share Image
“A person must be in tune with the light and dark forces of their nature and remain in harmony with the bands… — Kilroy J. Oldster Copy Share Image
Few people are capable of expressing with equanimity opinions which differ from the prejudices of their social environment. Most people are even… — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
She had taken him for granted, she thought with surprise and shame, watching the flickering candlelight. She had assumed his kindness was… — Cassandra Clare Copy Share Image
When Goethe says that in every human condition foes lie in wait for us, "invincible only by cheerfulness and equanimity," he does… — Leigh Hunt Copy Share Image
For want of self-restraint many men are engaged all their lives in fighting with difficulties of their own making, and rendering success… — Samuel Smiles Copy Share Image
Mindfulness is a way to rebalance ourselves. Instead of being lost in thought, or caught up in emotional upheaval, we can tip… — Jon Kabat-Zinn Copy Share Image
The ultimate expression of meditation comes when we can feel all the pains of the world, experience them with mindfulness and equanimity… — Shinzen Young Copy Share Image
I feel no shame at being found still owning a share when the bottom of the market comes…I would go much further… — John Maynard Keynes Copy Share Image
He that resigns his peace to little casualties, and suffers the course of his life to be interrupted for fortuitous inadvertencies or… — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
It is a good principle in science not to believe any 'fact'---however well attested---until it fits into some accepted frame of reference.… — Arthur C. Clarke Copy Share Image
You should not cause hurt even by a word, a look or a gesture. Tolerance, fortitude, equanimity - these help you to… — Sathya Sai Baba Copy Share Image
“The central inner conflict is one between the constructive forces of the real self and the obstructive forces of the pride system,… — Karen Horney Copy Share Image
“Control the senses, practice equanimity. Live by disciplinary rules. Associate with good friends who are not lazy and live purely. Be courteous… — Thích Nhất Hạnh Copy Share Image
A compassionate heart still feels anger, greed, jealousy, and other such emotions. But it accepts them for what they are with equanimity,… — Stephen Batchelor Copy Share Image
“If I seem to you to change my state and alter my condition, I do not change my mind. I try always… — Ulrich von Hutten Copy Share Image
self-control, in every station and to every individual, is indispensable, if people would retain that equanimity of mind, which, depending on self-respect,… — Sarah Josepha Hale Copy Share Image
“I don't purchase people with money, or hiss like a snake to attract their attention, all i do is to rest on… — Michael Bassey Johnson Copy Share Image
“Leadership is not just some empty formulas but establishing deep connection at soul levels through service, integrity, passion, perseverance and equanimity.” — Amit Ray Copy Share Image
“There are countless horrible things happening all over the world and horrible people prospering, but we must never allow them to disturb… — Auberon Waugh Copy Share Image
“As we acquire a certain degree of equanimity in self-image, we are that much more likely to feel empathy for those around… — Ram Dass Copy Share Image
The Zen meditative approach has a simple, unstated premise: moods and attitudes shape—determine—what we think and perceive. If we feel happy, we… — James H. Austin Copy Share Image
“When we practice a yoga posture designed to challenge our balance, the use of a gazing point or drishti is a most… — Darren Main Copy Share Image
“It is for your own good to love a dare-devil rather than a holy coward. A dare-devil is a unique devil, battling… — Michael Bassey Johnson Copy Share Image