Community Quote by Tara Brach

For the Christian mystics, detachment meant to leave attachment so that God could enter you and take over completely and you could climb the…

— Gerald Stern

The fear side can have us pull away and protect us, but it's really a withdrawal, a disassociation, a cutting off. Rather than the…

— Tara Brach

Detachment is not about refusing to feel or not caring or turning away from those you love. Detachment is profoundly honest, grounded firmly in…

— Sharon Salzberg

“Detachment is hard on your heart — and it actually creates blocks to what you want. Non-attachment, on the other hand, is actually nourishing,…

— Danielle LaPorte

Detachment with love allows one to live his best life, regardless of what someone else is doing, even if he loves that person deeply.

— Senoraroy

Detachment does not mean to neglect what Krishna gives you. Detachment means to do the needful as an offering to Krishna.

— Radhanath Swami

Detachment is not indifference. it is the prerequisite for effective involvement. Often what we think is best for others is distorted by our attachments…

— Mahatma Gandhi

“Allowing attachments to people/things create a compulsive addiction in us to be controlling. This “control” (fueled by fear of loss) fools us into a…

— Gary Hopkins

“The practice of Detachment encourages the positive aspects of your life to become dominant, while providing a clear path for the negative aspects to…

— Gary Hopkins

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…

— James Dickey

Detachment is a flaw, not a virtue-don’t you realize that?

— Steven Erikson

Ultimately spiritual awareness unfolds when you're flexible, when you're spontaneous, when you're detached, when you're easy on yourself and easy on others.

— Deepak Chopra