Material wealth does not equate to success. Equanimity and peace of mind does — Sri Sri Ravi Shankar Copy Share Image
The best way to overcome fear is to face with equanimity the situation of which one is afraid. — B.K.S. Iyengar Copy Share Image
His conviction that everything happened for a reason, and would come to good, gave him laughing equanimity even in hard times. — Laura Hillenbrand 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
I must refuse to believe that the Germans contemplate with equanimity the evacuation of cities like London for fear of destruction to… — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
Happy is the man who can endure the highest and lowest fortune. He who has endured such vicissitudes with equanimity has deprived… — Seneca the Younger Copy Share Image
If we cannot meet our everyday surroundings with equanimity and pleasure and grow each day in some useful direction, then... life is… — Luther Burbank Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
No one put a gun to your head and ordered you to become a writer. One writes out of his own choice… — Stanley Ellin Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
You always own the option of having no opinion. There is never any need to get worked up or to trouble your… — Marcus Aurelius 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
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
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
That I should die next week, I would still be able to sit at my desk all week and study with perfect… — Etty Hillesum Copy Share Image
“Where there is no attachment for the good and abhorrence for the bad is called the state of equanimity. The one without… — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share Image
A life that most people will never even know about can be yours in this study, but only if you approach it… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Never let the future disturb you. You will meet it, if you have to, with the same weapons of reason which today… — Marcus Aurelius Copy Share Image
I do whatever is necessary in order to maintain the equanimity we all need to withstand the disappointment and rejection that are… — Dani Shapiro Copy Share Image
“[T]o read was precisely to enter another world, which was not the reader's own, and come back refreshed, ready to bear with… — Susan Sontag Copy Share Image
He is a great leader by example. Someone whom I have always admired for his ability to remain balanced and have the… — Rahul Dravid Copy Share Image
Having reached a high level of realization (or having accomplished anything in life), don't get excited or puffed up with pride but… — Laozi Copy Share Image
“Without equanimity, we might give love to others only in an effort to bridge the inevitable and healthy space that always exists… — Sharon Salzberg 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
“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
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
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
“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
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