79 Quotes About Equanimity

When attachment does not occur when someone gives flowers and no abhorrence occurs when someone throws stones; that is considered equanimity.

Tp Priests, Soldiers, Judges- to men who rear, lead or govern men I dedicate these pages of murder and blood.

Equanimity means that one does not do abhorrence at the time of abhorrence (generating incidents) and one does not do attachment at the time of attachment (generating incidents).

Sometimes people in abusive situations think they’re responsible for the other person’s happiness or that they’re going to fix them and make them feel better. The practice of equanimity teaches that it’s not all up to you to make someone else happy.

Religion is, as it were, the calm bottom of the sea at its deepest point, which remains calm however high the waves on the surface may be.

Vipassana taught me how to maintain equanimity in all situations of life.

Sir, I view the proposal to hold an international exhibition at San Francisco with an equanimity bordering on indifference.