Equanimity Quote by Christine Horner

Who can calculate the wounds inflicted, their depth and pain, by harsh and mean words spoken in anger? How pitiful a sight is a…

— Gordon B. Hinckley

He that resigns his peace to little casualties, and suffers the course of his life to be interrupted for fortuitous inadvertencies or offences, delivers…

— Samuel Johnson

“Common man's patience will bring him more happiness than common man's power.”

— Amit Kalantri

Equanimity is a perfect, unshakable balance of mind.

— Nyanaponika Thera

The Zen meditative approach has a simple, unstated premise: moods and attitudes shape—determine—what we think and perceive. If we feel happy, we tend to…

— James H. Austin

I believe Stoicism can help anyone who takes it seriously and begins to practice it. It will help them flourish because it will provide…

— Massimo Pigliucci

“- 'Poise is perfect balance, an equanimity of body and mind, complete composure whatever the social scene. Elegant dress, immaculate grooming, and perfect deportment…

— Muriel Spark

“A modern definition of equanimity: cool. This refers to one whose mind remains stable & calm in all situations.”

— Allan Lokos

There often seems to be a playfulness to wise people, as if either their equanimity has as its source this playfulness or the playfulness…

— Edward Hoagland

“Equanimity is when abhorrence does not arise during the circumstances of abhorrence and attachment does arise during the circumstances of attachment.”

— Dada Bhagwan

Happiness and sadness are just two eternal truths like day and night. A man of superior intellect is never affected by these emotions. They…

— Anand Neelakantan

I've been practicing modalities of Eastern philosophy since about 1972. What I've learned through my meditation is a sense of equanimity, a sense of…

— Anonymous