197 Quotes About Detachment

They should tell you when you’re born: have a suitcase heart, be ready to travel.

It may be necessary to stand on the outside of one is to see things clearly.

Like petals what's beautiful is often delicate. Take care of the ones you love by not holding them too tightly

There is a world of difference between the experienceof 'care' – the wiping of a bottom, the bathing of a body: basicbiological obligations – and the intimacy that makes us wantto live.

A person whom trains alone in isolation for extended hours or otherwise lives in a state of exile from civilization while pursuing his or her private passions can fall victim to the solipsism syndrome, a psychological state where they do not perceive the world as external to their mind. Feelings of loneliness, detachment, and indifference to the outside world characterize this syndrome.

Detachment is being apathetic or aloof to other people, while un-attachment is acknowledging and honoring other people, while choosing not to let them influence your emotional well being. Detached would mean I do not care, while un-attached means I care, although I am not going to alter my emotional state due to your emotions, words, or actions.

You must understand, owing to my loss of faith in life, I had gradually, inevitably embarked upon a small world of my creation.

You know, I think the people I feel saddest for are the ones who once knew what profoundness was, but who lost or became numb to the sensation of wonder, who felt their emotions floating away and just didn't care. I guess that's what's scariest: not caring about the loss.

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