Detachment Quotes

172 Detachment quotes by 139 unique authors

A burning passion coupled with absolute detachment is the key to all success. — Mahatma Gandhi
I had the right amount of detachment to go back and really appreciate what I had grown up with. There’s a particular style that is… — Mario Testino
Woman's soul is present and lives more intensely in all parts of the body, and it is inwardly affected by that which happens to the… — Edith Stein
Suppose we were (as we might be) an influence, an idea, a thing intangible, invulnerable, without front or back, drifting about like a gas? Armies… — T.E. Lawrence
The perfection of yoga is to become detached. And the perfection of detachment is to become completely attached, attached to God. — Radhanath Swami
Confusion is a gift from God. Those times when you feel most desperate for a solution, sit. Wait. The information will become clear. The confusion… — Unknown Author
In detachment lies the wisdom of uncertainty...in the wisdom of uncertainty lies the freedom from our past, from the known, which is the prison of… — Deepak Chopra
The most sinister aspect of Jack is his detachment, his ability to distance himself from his feelings. — Victor Garber
To be consistently effective, you must put a certain distance between yourself and what happens to you on the golf course. This is not indifference,… — Sam Snead
Love consists not in feeling great things but in having great detachment and in suffering for the Beloved. The soul that is attached to anything,… — John of the Cross
In opposition to this detachment, he finds an image of man which contains within itself man's dreams, man's illness, man's redemption from the misery of… — Salvatore Quasimodo
However, the serious seeker of detachment will have to embrace the Holy Trinity of Ss - Solitude, Stillness and Silence - and reject the new… — Michael Foley
Those who conquer their minds are beings of renunciation and detachment. They are beings of renunciation and detachment they are lovingly focused on the True… — Guru Nanak
We are able to laugh when we achieve detachment, if only for a moment. — May Sarton
When mystics use the word love, they use it very carefully - in the deeply spiritual sense, where to love is to know; to love… — Eknath Easwaran
It's a lucky man, a very lucky man, who is committed to what he believes, who has stifled intellectual detachment and can relax in the… — Alexander Pushkin
Detachment is the ultimate pleasure. — Saraha
The saying goes, 'The sage rests, truly rests and is at ease.' This manifests itself in calmness and detachment, so that worries and distress cannot… — Zhuangzi
Our technological society has no longer any place in it for wisdom that seeks truth for its own sake, that seeks the fullness of being,… — Thomas Merton
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
By virtue of this science the poet is the Namer, or Language-maker, naming things sometimes after their appearance, sometimes after their essence, and giving to… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
Is not virtue a negation of becoming? — Jiddu Krishnamurti
Identification prevents and perverts the flow of thought-feeling. — Jiddu Krishnamurti
In order to be effective you need not only virtue but also mental strength. — Aristotle
Gentleness is the ability to bear reproaches and slights with moderation, and not to embark on revenge quickly, and not to be easily provoked to… — Aristotle

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