Attachment Quotes

516 quotes by 300 authors

Love with attachment consists of waves of emotion, usually creating invisible iron chains. — S. N. Goenka
An adept of Kriya Yoga conquers death by taking the soul beyond identification with the physical body, consciously and at will; and then returning to… — Paramahansa Yogananda
The greatest dread of ordinary man is death, with its rude imposition interrupting fortuitous plans and fondest attachments with an unknown and unwelcome change. The… — Paramahansa Yogananda
A tribute . . . is due to the talents, the rectitude, and the patriotism, which adorn the characters selected to devise and adopt [the… — George Washington
Every man who loves peace, every man who loves his country, every man who loves liberty ought to have it ever before his eyes that… — James Madison
I shall rejoin myself to my native country, with new attachments, and with exaggerated esteem for its advantages; for though there is less wealth there,… — Thomas Jefferson
Most of our troubles are due to our passionate desire for and attachment to things that we misapprehend as enduring entities. — Dalai Lama
I am by heritage a Jew, by citizenship a Swiss, and by makeup a human being, and only a human being, without any special attachment… — Albert Einstein
I'm someone who had a deep emotional attachment to 'Starsky and Hutch.' — William J. Clinton
Spending your time with true spiritual friends will fill you with love for all beings and help you to see how negative attachment and hatred… — Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche
The constitution ought to secure a genuine militia and guard against a select militia. ...All regulations tending to render this general militia useless and defenseless,… — Richard Henry Lee
One of the challenges of innovation is figuring out how to wipe your mind clean about what you should be doing at any given moment,… — Andrew Mason
If you try too much to change the outside, that shows that you are still attached. If a man tries to be detached, it shows… — Rajneesh
You must choose between your attachments and happiness. — Adyashanti
Live in Joy, In love, Even among those who hate. Live in joy, In health, Even among the afflicted. Live in joy, In peace, Even… — Gautama Buddha
There is no fire like greed, No crime like hatred, No sorrow like separation, No sickness like hunger of heart, And no joy like the… — Gautama Buddha
The root of suffering is attachment — Gautama Buddha
I reached in experience the nirvana which is unborn, unrivalled, secure from attachment, undecaying and unstained. This condition is indeed reached by me which is… — Gautama Buddha
(The real brahmin is the one who:) ... has crossed beyond duality ...knows no this shore, other shore, or both ...(is) settled in mind ...… — Gautama Buddha
Those... who find delight in freedom from attachment in the renunciation of clinging, free from the inflow of thoughts, they are like shining lights, having… — Gautama Buddha

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