Equanimity Quotes

66 quotes by 61 authors

The proper method of playing mixed doubles is to swipe the ball accidentally and straight at the woman opponent as hard and as accurately as… — Art Hoppe
To read was precisely to enter another world, which was not the reader's own, and come back refreshed, ready to bear with equanimity the injustices… — Susan Sontag
The practices of Yoga will help you maintain equanimity in all situations by teaching you to become transparent, able to allow both joy and sorrow… — Sharon Gannon
A contemplative should pay equal attention to concentration, energetic effort and equanimity, and not exclusively to one of these factors only. — Gautama Buddha
It is always painful fo part from people whom one has known for a very brief space of time. The absence of old friends one… — Oscar Wilde
Learn not to be attached to other people, to certain types of experiences. Allow the flow of life to guide you wherever it is supposed… — Frederick Lenz
Having reached a high level of realization (or having accomplished anything in life), don't get excited or puffed up with pride but remain calm, humble,… — Laozi
Equanimity is calamity's medicine. — Publilius Syrus
We really cannot see what equanimity there is in jerking a lacerated carp out of the water by the jaws, merely because it has no… — Leigh Hunt
When you know that everything happens for the best, then everything that happens is okay with you. The irony of this is that when everything… — Neale Donald Walsch
That I should die next week, I would still be able to sit at my desk all week and study with perfect equanimity, for I… — Etty Hillesum
There are two types of seeds in the mind: those that create anger, fear, frustration, jealousy, hatred and those that create love, compassion, equanimity and… — Amit Ray
Equanimity is a perfect, unshakable balance of mind. — Nyanaponika Thera
Who can calculate the wounds inflicted, their depth and pain, by harsh and mean words spoken in anger? How pitiful a sight is a man… — Gordon B. Hinckley
Material wealth does not equate to success. Equanimity and peace of mind does — Sri Sri Ravi Shankar
God taking from us and loving us at the same time by providing comforters was a kind of spiritual equanimity. It seemed a phenomenon of… — Susan Vreeland
By practicing meditation we establish love, compassion, sympathetic joy & equanimity as our home. — Sharon Salzberg
I do whatever is necessary in order to maintain the equanimity we all need to withstand the disappointment and rejection that are the lot of… — Dani Shapiro
So nothing is ever good or bad unless you think it so, and vice versa. All luck is good luck to the man who bears… — Boethius
A life that most people will never even know about can be yours in this study, but only if you approach it with equanimity, poise,… — Frederick Lenz

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