Apathy Quote by Fanny Burney

To save the mind from preying inwardly upon itself, it must be encouraged to some outward pursuit.

— Fanny Burney

We are never more discontented with others than when we are discontented with ourselves. The consciousness of wrong-doing makes us irritable, and our heart,…

— Henri Frederic Amiel

When the heat and motion of blind impulses and passions distract it on all sides, we can neither give nor receive anything truly. But…

— Rabindranath Tagore

We should forgive and forget the faults of others. Anger is the enemy of every spiritual aspirant. Anger causes loss of power through every…

— Mata Amritanandamayi

“Evagrius said, ‘A wandering mind is strengthened by reading, and prayer. Passion is dampened down by hunger and work and solitude. Anger is repressed…

— Benedicta Ward

If one wants to abide in the thought-free state, a struggle is inevitable. One must fight one's way through before regaining one's original primal…

— Ramana Maharshi

The instinct of self-preservation in human society, acting almost subconsciously, as do all drives in the human mind, is rebelling against the constantly refined…

— Bertha von Suttner

The question is why one should be so inwardly preoccupied at all. Why not reach out to others in love and solidarity or peer…

— Barbara Ehrenreich

In order to preserve the dominion of our own passions, it behooves us to be constantly and strictly on our guard against the influence…

— John Quincy Adams

“There is no need to find a solution. 'You' just have to keep Seeing! Keep Seeing how much the anger has increased, how much…

— Dada Bhagwan

“Its mental discipline, however, is by far more fruitful, and keeps one's mind in equipoise, making one neither passionate nor dispassionate, neither sentimental nor…

— Kaiten Nukariya

Free yourself from the psychological structure of society, which is to free yourself from the essence of conflict.

— Jiddu Krishnamurti