Attachment Quotes

516 quotes by 300 authors

The revolutionary can have no friendship or attachment, except for those who have proved by their actions that they, like him, are dedicated to revolution. — Sergey Nechayev
The first call which every Christian experiences is the call to abandon the attachments of this world. — Dietrich Bonhoeffer
Female heterosexuality is not a biological drive or an individual women's erotic attraction or attachment to another human animal which happens to be male. Female… — Marilyn Frye
It's easy to hate and point out everything that is wrong with the world; it is the hardest and most important work in one's life… — Noah Levine
They charge us with anti-Semitismâ€¦The truth is, those hurling these charges harbor a 'passionate attachment' to a nation not our own that causes them to… — Pat Buchanan
When attachment arises in the place of love, it sees the other as separate; it grasps and needs. Attachment is conditional; it seeks control and… — Jack Kornfield
Just practice good, do good for others, without thinking of making yourself known so that you may gain reward. Really bring benefit to others, gaining… — Dogen
It is my desire to show my attachment to the cause of Him who died for me by devoting my life to His service. — David Livingstone
I saw the duty and inestimable privilege _immediately_ to accept salvation by Christ. Humbly believing that through sovereign mercy and grace I have been enabled… — David Livingstone
Imagine craving absolutely nothing from the world. Imagine cutting the invisible strings that so painfully bind us: what would that be like? Imagine the freedoms… — Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche
How wonderful, how miraculous, all beings, but all beings, are fully endowed with the wisdom and power of the Tathagat. But, sadly, human beings, due… — Gautama Buddha
The right-of-centre parties still often compete with left-of-centre ones to proclaim their attachment to all the main programmes of spending, particularly spending on social services… — Margaret Thatcher
"I am the awareness that is aware that there is attachment." That's the beginning of the transformation of consciousness. — Eckhart Tolle
The reflection, the verisimilitude, of life that shines in the fleshly cells from the soul source is the only cause of man's attachment to his… — Paramahansa Yogananda
Understanding that everything is impermanent, that happiness is transformed into suffering, and that all phenomena are lacking reality in themselves and are only projections of… — Bokar Rinpoche
Love allows your beloved the freedom to be unlike you. Attachment asks for conformity to your needs and desires. Love imposes no demands. Attachment expresses… — Deepak Chopra
I've had many more thousands of books in my possession than my shelves at home would indicate. At one time, I tried to keep them… — Lewis Buzbee
While Christianity was able to agree with pagan writers that inordinate attachment to earthly goods can lead to unnecessary pain and grief, it also taught… — Timothy Keller
Mankind have their local attachments. They have a particular regard for the spot, in which they were born and nurtured. — Thomas Clarkson
One finds life through conquering the fear of death within one's mind. Empty the mind of all forms of attachment, make a go-for-broke charge and… — Takenaka Shigekata

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