Attachment Quotes

516 quotes by 300 authors

The Buhha was a monastic, but the practice of mindfulness in the context of any lifestyle is one of renunciation. Every moment of mindfulness renounces… — Sylvia Boorstein
I moved down the street like a cloud of awareness following a body that seemed simultaneously familiar and foreign. There was an incomprehensible attachment to… — Suzanne Segal
Suffering lets us see where are attachments are - and that helps us get free. — Ram Dass
Once you understand non-self, then the burden of life is gone. You'll be at peace with the world. When we see beyond self, we no… — Ajahn Chah
It is only work that is done as freewill offering to humanity and to nature that does not bring with it any binding attachment. — Swami Vivekananda
Is not virtue a negation of becoming? — Jiddu Krishnamurti
Identification prevents and perverts the flow of thought-feeling. — Jiddu Krishnamurti
In order to be effective you need not only virtue but also mental strength. — Aristotle
Gentleness is the ability to bear reproaches and slights with moderation, and not to embark on revenge quickly, and not to be easily provoked to… — Aristotle
Unless, of course, you insist on identifying yourself with the people and things you love; and thereby seriously disturb yourself. — Albert Ellis
Attachment is the root cause of all misery. Possessiveness is nourishment for the ego. — Rajneesh
It is your attachment that creates hell. — Rajneesh
Attachment brings misery, unattachment brings blissfulness. So use things, but don't be used by them. Live life but don't be lived by it. Possess things,… — Rajneesh
A witnessing consciousness lives in life but with tremendous non-attachment, with great non-possessiveness; it possesses nothing. It lives totally, it lives passionately, but still knowing… — Rajneesh
Attachment is not love. Where there is attachment there is exploitation. — Rajneesh
Attachment is the shadow of the ego. Attachments are immediately created wherever you see 'I am'. — Rajneesh
As long as the "I" is there, love cannot be. All that we call love is only desire, longing, passion and attachment; as long as… — Rajneesh
You can change your attachment from this to that, but you will be in misery. Attachment creates misery. — Rajneesh
When Patanjali says "non-attachment", he is not anti-love. Really, he is for love. Non-attachment means be natural, loving, flowing, but don't get obsessed and addicted.… — Rajneesh
If attachment is the conditioning factor, then non-attachment will become the unconditioning factor. If expectation leads you in misery, then non-expectation will lead you into… — Rajneesh

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