Detachment Quotes

172 quotes by 139 authors

Says Bargh: "We all hold dear idea that weÂ´re the captain of our own sould, and weÂ´re in charge, and itÂ´s a very scary feeling… — Leonard Mlodinow
[Hollywood] studios are handing out money to make independent films now, but they all want the same thing. They want the style and the deadpan… — Stanley Tucci
It may be possible through detachment, to gain knowledge that is 'useful;' but only through participation is it possible to gain the knowledge that is… — Harry Stack Sullivan
Detachment produces a peculiar state of mind. Maybe that's the worst sentence of all, to be deprived of feeling what a human being ought to… — James Dickey
The dilemma of the critic has always been that if he knows enough to speak with authority, he knows too much to speak with detachment. — Raymond Chandler
Wishes and fears are illusions, Dil Bahadur, not realities. You must practice detachment. — Isabel Allende
Genetic theories, I gather, have been cherished academically with detachment. — Allen Tate
The relevance of Marxism to science is that it removes it from its imagined position of complete detachment and shows it as a part, but… — John Desmond Bernal
In Gnosticism, the physical world did not ultimately matter - which meant physical suffering did not matter either. Seeking 'enlightenment' meant cultivating an attitude of… — Nancy Pearcey
Grief is depression in proportion to circumstance; depression is grief out of proportion to circumstance. It is tumbleweed distress that thrives on thin air, growing… — Andrew Solomon
Detachment is what interests me, seeing how people couldn't have been any other way, how they were the product of forces that they had no… — Edward St Aubyn
All tastes have the quality of being in some way artificial and invented. The secret of life is to have enough detachment from your tastes… — Adam Gopnik
Obedience is detachment from the self. This is the most radical detachment of all. But what is the self? The self is the principle of… — Bede Griffiths
For me it is not a detachment toÂ takeÂ a picture. It's a way of touching somebody - it's a caressâ€¦Â I think that you can actually give… — Nan Goldin
The essence of the Way is detachment. And the goal of those who practice is freedom from appearances. — Bodhidharma
As from a star I saw, coldly and soberly, the separateness of everything. I felt the wall of my skin; I am I. That stone… — Sylvia Plath
When I fell out of the light, I entered The stomach of indifference, the wordless cupboard. — Sylvia Plath
The airy sky has taken its place leaning against the wall. It is like a prayer to what is empty And what is empty turns… — Tomas Transtromer
And so I am feeling numb. It's a curious feeling, and I get it all the time. My attention to the world around me disappears,… — Marya Hornbacher
My main goal is to stay alive. To keep fooling myself into hanging around. To keep getting up every day. Right now I live without… — Henry Rollins

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