Quotes about Non-attachment

Mortification has to be carried to the pitch of non-attachment or (in the phrase of St. Fran$ois de Sales) 'holy indifference'; otherwise it merely transfers self-will from one channel to another, not merely without decrease in the total volume of that self-will, but sometimes with an actual increase.

Demand not that things happen as you wish, but wish them to happen as they do, and you will go on well.

I try to approach every day with hands that are open, not grasping.