Attachment Quotes

516 quotes by 300 authors

If a warrior is not unattached to life and death, he will be of no use whatsoever. The saying that â€œAll abilities come from one… — Yamamoto Tsunetomo
How do you let go of attachment to things? Donâ€™t even try. Itâ€™s impossible. Attachment to things drops away by itself when you no longer… — Eckhart Tolle
It's almost heartening to think that the attachment you have can define your perception as much as any other influence. — David Levithan
My dear fellow," he continued more soberly, "If you have managed to complicate things by forming a sentimental attachment in less than a week, then… — Frances Hardinge
Your mortal attachments are like a puppetâ€™s strings," Avari said, both hands clasped casually at his back. "One need only pluck the right cord to… — Rachel Vincent
All our attachments are outward oriented and hence this illusion. — Rajneesh
Enjoy everything that happens in your life, but never make your happiness or success dependent on an attachment to any person, place, or thing. — Wayne Dyer
If we are free from attachment, we can easily recognize ourselves in other people, in different forms of manifestation, and then we don't have to… — Nhat Hanh
All conflict comes from attachment. — Anthony de Mello
Only in Relationship can you know yourself, not in abstraction and certainly not in isolation. The movement of behavior is the sure guide to yourself.… — Jiddu Krishnamurti
Let go of your attachment to being right, and suddenly your mind is more open. — Ralph Marston
Worry is the product of feverish imagination working under the stimulus of desires... It is a necessary resultant of attachment to the past or to… — Meher Baba
Interwoven as is the love of liberty with every ligament of your hearts, no recommendation of mine is necessary to fortify or confirm the attachment. — George Washington
Her heart is full of joy with love, for in the Lord her mind is stilled. She has renounced every selfish attachment and draws abiding… — Teresa of Avila
Detachment is not indifference. it is the prerequisite for effective involvement. Often what we think is best for others is distorted by our attachments to… — Mahatma Gandhi
One can be deceived by three types of laziness: of indolence, which is the wish to procrastinate; the laziness of inferiority, which is doubting your… — Dalai Lama
Sentient beings, self and others, enemies and dear ones-all are made by thoughts. It is like seeing a rope and mistaking it for a snake.… — Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche
According to Buddhist practice, there are three stages or steps. The initial stage is to reduce attachment towards life. The second stage is the elimination… — Dalai Lama
Great ideas have no attachment to either money or class. — Ian Schrager
I desire many things concerning myself; but I desire nothing so much, as to have a heart filled with love to the Lord. I long… — George Muller

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