Quote by 14th Dalai Lama

Most of our troubles are due to our passionate desire for and attachment to things that we misapprehend as enduring entities.

— Dalai Lama

“When we hold on too tightly to our attachments we are trying to keep them just as they are, to make them permanent. But…

— Gyalwa Dokhampa

“shared weakness of some kind—some need for attachment.”

— Dennis E. Taylor

“Your persistent problems are because of your response to common misfortune.”

— Bryant McGill

“As we more easily get in touch with others, we seem to lose touch with ourselves. We can’t solve all of our problems through…

— Kayla Severson

“Things that seem permanent, a given, have a way of changing quickly, to something you don’t recognize. And not all change is for the…

— John Jackson Miller

Attachment leads to suffering.

— Anonymous

“Listen, ultimately we have to let go of all attachments - I mean all attachments.”

— Art Hochberg

“We’ll always be troubled by how things are—that’s how it stands with the difficult gift of consciousness.”

— Ian McEwan

“We live in a society where detachment is almost essential.”

— Philip K. Dick

“Often we cling to habits that aren't even comforting or satisfying, simply because we are unable to let go or explore new ways to…

— Lama Surya Das

“Attachment is a unifying principle that reaches from the biological depths of our being to its furthest spiritual reaches.”

— Jeremy Holmes