Buddhism Detachment Quotes

#1. The possessions themselves were not the problem, it was my relationship with possessing.

Chris Matakas

#2. Wisdom stems from personal accountability. We all make mistakes; own them ... learn from them. Don't throw away the lesson by blaming others.

Steve Maraboli

#3. It was my letting go that gave me a better hold.

Chris Matakas

#4. I was always very silly and never took myself seriously. When my father had the camera out, I'd be up close and annoying. My father would keep saying, 'Move back! Move back!'

Kaley Cuoco

#5. As the twelfth-century Tibetian yogi Milarepa said when he heard of his student Gampopa's peak experiences, 'They are neither good nor bad. Keep meditating.'

Pema Chodron

#6. To relinquish the futile effort to control change is one of the strengthening forces of true detachment & thus true love.

Sharon Salzberg

#7. I know what it's like to be a model and go to castings where some people like what they see and others look at you with distaste.

Karen Gillan

#8. He says we need to live in the real world, where war and death are a reality, not pretend.

Pittacus Lore

#9. My mother on her death bed told me, 'Where the hell did that kangaroo come from!?' - it just popped out of nowhere and punched her in the head and caused a cerebral hemorrhage, so I thought I'd move to a country where there were no kangaroos!

Colin Mochrie

#10. By offering individuals ownership and control of their health care coverage, we return control to the patients; and that is exactly where it should be.

Chris Chocola

#11. Another aspect inviting contemplation is the fact that the affective tone of any feeling depends on the type of contact that has caused its arising. Once this conditioned nature of feelings is fully apprehended, detachment arises naturally and one's identification with feelings starts to dissolve.

Analayo