We really cannot see what equanimity there is in jerking a lacerated carp out of the water by the jaws, merely because… — Leigh Hunt Copy Share Image
When force of circumstance upsets your equanimity lose no time in recovering your self-control, and do not remain out of tune longer… — Marcus Aurelius Copy Share Image
“One’s happiness is in one’s equanimity. Equanimity means the scale of One's Self [real] does not rise up and the scale of… — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share Image
Adversity, if a man is set down to it by degrees, is more supportable with equanimity by most people than any great… — Samuel Butler Copy Share Image
The probability of apocalypse soon cannot be realistically estimated, but it is surely too high for any sane person to contemplate with… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
Mindfulness practice means that we commit fully in each moment to be present; inviting ourselves to interface with this moment in full… — Jon Kabat-Zinn Copy Share Image
There are two types of seeds in the mind: those that create anger, fear, frustration, jealousy, hatred and those that create love,… — Amit Ray Copy Share Image
“Sometimes people in abusive situations think they’re responsible for the other person’s happiness or that they’re going to fix them and make… — Sharon Salzberg 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
How did I gain from not remembering my earthly self? It allowed me to go deep into realms beyond the worldly without… — Eben Alexander Copy Share Image
Isn't this the perfect image of the noblest selflessness, and thereby presents an example and a model? It should be inspiring: like… — Leo Errera Copy Share Image
The transition from tenseness, self-responsibility, and worry, to equanimity, receptivity, and peace, is the most wonderful of all those shiftings of inner… — William James Copy Share Image
“It is true that philosophy is quite aware of the Buddhistic picture of life, of the sorrows and sicknesses which drag him… — Paul Brunton Copy Share Image
His [Ben Okri's] work poses very serious questions for the twenty-first century. Among them: To what extent will we allow the indefinable… — Aberjhani Copy Share Image
Happiness and sadness are just two eternal truths like day and night. A man of superior intellect is never affected by these… — Anand Neelakantan Copy Share Image
“Patience is the antidote to the restless poison of the Ego. Without it we all become ego-maniacal bulls in china shops, destroying… — Anthon St. Maarten Copy Share Image
I've been practicing modalities of Eastern philosophy since about 1972. What I've learned through my meditation is a sense of equanimity, a… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Emphasising what's in your control allows you to adopt an attitude of equanimity toward luck. You've done what you can, and from… — Michael Mauboussin Copy Share Image
Unlike these powerful grown-ups, children have no ideologies to reinforce, no superstructure of political opinion to promote, no civic equanimity or image… — Jonathan Kozol Copy Share Image
“Equanimity is when abhorrence does not arise during the circumstances of abhorrence and attachment does arise during the circumstances of attachment.” — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share Image
Let the flower of compassion blossom in the rich soil of maître, and water it with the good water of equanimity in… — Longchenpa Copy Share Image
A contemplative should pay equal attention to concentration, energetic effort and equanimity, and not exclusively to one of these factors only. — Gautama Buddha 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
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
Through yoga, meditation and other spiritual practices, we can learn the ways of personal equanimity. We can also learn how to use… — Satish Kumar Copy Share Image
To cultivate equanimity we practice catching ourselves when we feel attraction or aversion, before it hardens into grasping or negativity. — Pema Chodron Copy Share Image
“Few people are capable of expressing with equanimity opinions which differ from the prejudices of their social enviroment. Most people are incapable… — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
The two Virtues of Equanimity and Compassion become more available to the person whose ego-shell has been smashed-either by great suffering or… — Richard Rohr Copy Share Image
Faith enables many of us to endure life's difficulties with an equanimity that would be scarcely conceivable in a world lit only… — Sam Harris Copy Share Image
The proper method of playing mixed doubles is to swipe the ball accidentally and straight at the woman opponent as hard and… — Art Hoppe Copy Share Image
Now I know why women get their ears pierced. Once they've survived this ordeal of mutilation, they can face the discomforts of… — C.D. Payne Copy Share Image
The greatest happiness for the thinking person is to have explored the explorable and to venerate in equanimity that which cannotbe explored. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image
“- 'Poise is perfect balance, an equanimity of body and mind, complete composure whatever the social scene. Elegant dress, immaculate grooming, and… — Muriel Spark 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
“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
“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
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
“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
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
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
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