Attachment Quotes

516 quotes by 300 authors

To be unattached is not to renounce the world. If you renounce the world you are attached to the world; otherwise why should you renounce… — Rajneesh
To manage your mind, know that there is nothing, and then relinquish all attachment to nothingness. — Laozi
True transformation occurs only when we can look at ourselves squarely and face our attachments and inner demons, free from the buzz of commercial distraction… — Julia Hill
We Jews have a special attachment to the Book. The study of page after page in tomes yellowing with age was obligatory. — Theodore Bikel
Who can depart from his pain and aloneness without regret? Too many fragments of the spirit have I scattered in these streets, and too many… — Khalil Gibran
When your desires drop, the world is there, but it is a totally new world. It is so fresh, it is so colorful, it is… — Rajneesh
Another related source of demonization is the homosexual relationship itself...That attachment and communion are indeed inspired, but their source is demonic. — Andrew Comiskey
Let not your love become attachment, nor your hate become destruction. — Umar
Anything that really frightens you may contain a clue to enlightenment. It may indicate to you how deeply you are attached to structure, whether mental,… — Thaddeus Golas
It is only your self-identification with your mind that makes you happy or unhappy. Rebel against your slavery to your mind, see your bonds as… — Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj
When the mind is kept away from its preoccupations, it becomes quiet. If you do not disturb this quiet and stay in it, you find… — Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj
Being attached is what prevents us from seeing, it is what clouds this miraculous awareness. — Geoffrey Shugen Arnold
Samsaric pleasures are like salt water, the more we indulge, the more we crave. — Sonam Rinchen
We shall suffer no attachment to literature, no taste for abstract discussion, no love of purely intellectual theories, to seduce us from our devotion to… — George Ripley
When you have lived longer in this world and outlived the enthusiastic and pleasing illusions of youth, you will find your love and pity for… — Joseph Henry Shorthouse
When you're in the music business, everything is very personal, because you are invested in everything; there's a very deep, personal attachment to your music. — Larry Mullen, Jr.
Drop the idea that attachment and love are one thing. They are enemies. It is attachment that destroys all love. — Rajneesh
The highest degree of love is Tatayyum (total enthrallment). The lowest degree is 'alaqah (attachment), when the heart is attached to the beloved: then comes… — Ibn Taymiyyah
We cannot hope to die peacefully if our lives have been full of violence, or if our minds have mostly been agitated by emotions like… — Dalai Lama
I remember how people would often come to see my master Jamyang Khyentse simply to ask for his guidance for the moment of death. He… — Sogyal Rinpoche

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