Detached Quotes

173 quotes by 152 authors

Let us realize that engagement and detachment aren't opposite-the more engaged we become, the more detached we will have to be.. — Deepak Chopra
Participation is bliss because the whole universe is celebrating. Every moment it is celebrating. It is a great celebration, a constant celebration. Only we are… — Rajneesh
He despised his body for its boring hungers, reflex anger; its petty, obliterating rage. But now he'd become detached. He regarded his body with a… — Louise Erdrich
Become detached from your ego, become detached from your possessions. Become simply detached from every possible source of attachment. — Rajneesh
Journalism is a voyeuristic vocation that attracts to its employment many people who are often naturally shy and insatiably curious, and each day they are… — Gay Talese
Weight every purpose in the light of eternity. A trivial pursuit is that which is out side the will of God & detached from the… — Paul Washer
If Jesus Christ is the head of the church and hence the source and goal of its entire life, true growth is only possible in… — Os Guinness
I try to be objective. I do not claim to be detached. — C. Wright Mills
Those horses must have been Spanish jennets, born of mares mated with a zephyr; for they went as swiftly as the wind, and the moon,… — Theophile Gautier
To see Reality is as simple as to see oneâ€™s face in a mirror. Only, the mirror must be clear and true. A quiet mind,… — Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj
To love women, to love our vaginas, to know them and touch them and be familiar with who we are and what we need. To… — Eve Ensler
We have learnt through experience that when an electrical ray strikes the surface of an atom, an electron, and in some circumstances a second and… — Johannes Stark
I lived in Peckham for the first 12 years of my life and then my mum and dad decided they really didn't want to bring… — Tinie Tempah
Never invest so much in anyone romantically that you lose your head. The Buddha of casual sex, I remain detached at all costs. — Edward Vilga
This is a generation that is really detached from the core, human values that lead to dignity. — Shmuley Boteach
In societies where modern conditions of productions prevail, all of life presents itself as an immense accumulation of spectacles. Everything that was directly lived has… — Guy Debord
The tendency of liberals is to create bodies of men and women-of all classes-detached from tradition, alienated from religion, and susceptible to mass suggestion-mob rule.… — Thomas Stearns Eliot
Watch the functioning of your own mind in a calm and detached manner so you can gain insight into your own behavior. — Henepola Gunaratana
I want to be a more serious-minded Christian, more detached from this world, more ready for heaven than I have ever been in my whole… — Aiden Wilson Tozer
Finally, it is important to make it clear that imagination is not an exercise for those detached from reality, those who live in the air.… — Paulo Freire

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