Quotes about Detachment

Great tranquility of heart is his who cares for neither praise nor blame.

Now that I no longer desire all, I have it all without desire.

You don't give up the intention, and you don't give up the desire. You give up your attachment to the results.

If they make the choice to walk over me rather than walk with me, I'll have to love them from afar.

The man who sets his whole mind on the doing of each task as it is presented, who puts into it energy and intelligence, shutting all else out from his mind, and striving to do that one thing, no matter how small, completely and perfectly, detaching himself from all reward in his task - that man will every day be acquiring greater command over his mind, and will, by ever- ascending degrees, become at last a man of power - a Master.

And now he casts from him, one after another, his opinions and speculations, and commences to live the life of perfect love toward all beings. With each opinion overcome and abandoned as a burden, there is an increased lightness of spirit, and he now begins to realize the meaning of being free.

Prayer is the act by which man, detaching himself from the embarrassments of sense and nature, ascends to the true level of his destiny.

Our Father, St. John of the Cross, says with great truth: "All good things have come unto me, since I no longer sought them for myself.

Having forsaken all things, a man should forsake himself.

He has great tranquillity of heart who cares neither for the praises nor the fault-finding of men.

We may enjoy abundance of peace if we refrain from busying ourselves with the sayings and doings of others, and things which concern not ourselves.

Great tranquility of heart is his who cares for neither praise nor blame.