Quotes about Detachment
Everything is funny, as long as it's happening to someone else.
— Will Rogers
Live as though only God and yourself were in this world, so that your heart may not be detained by anything human.
— John of the Cross
There is but one way to tranquility of mind and happiness, and that is to account no external things thine own, but to commit all to God.
— Epictetus
I have learned to hold all things loosely, so God will not have to pry them out of my hands.
— Corrie Ten Boom
When we detach the Word of God from the heart of God, we miss the point of God.
— Beth Moore
Many, however, gives themselves to God, but preserve still in their hearts some attachment to creatures, which prevents them from belonging entirely to God.
— Alphonsus Liguori
It hurts when God has to PRY things out of our hand!
— Corrie Ten Boom
Rid yourself of anything that is not directed toward God.
— Johannes Tauler
The true despisers of the world are the people who accept what God sends them, gratefully use all things when they have them, and gladly do without them if God takes them away
— Martin Luther
Never become attached to anything that continues to hurt God. For you to be free of it, God must be allowed to hurt whatever it may be.
— Oswald Chambers