Detachment Quotes

“We must not achieve detachment, we must be detached.”

“Live in the world like a waterfowl. The water clings to the bird, but the bird shakes it off.”

“The artist must be a man of the world, and yet he must not be of the world.”

“Do not identify with your thoughts. They come and go like clouds in the sky.”

“Detachment is not about not caring. It's about caring enough to allow another person to have his or her own experience, without trying to control it.”

“To be free is to be detached.”

“You have to be a loner. You have to be detached.”

“To be full of things is to be empty of God. To be empty of things is to be full of God.”

“All around them men were walking, shouting, dying, but the two of them walked on untouched, untouchable, in a bubble of lucidity, in a single straight line.”

“I love my life, but I don't live it.”

“Whatever you have to do, do it with a detached mind.”

“To be attached to one's own views is the source of all delusions.”

“Standing on the moon, I got no cobwebs on my shoes.”

“Tears are the luxury of observers.”

“A boat may stay in water, but water should not stay in it. A spiritual aspirant may live in the world, but the world should not live in him.”

“Let go of everything and you will have everything.”

“We are not going to change the world, but we can at least not be part of this horrible circus.”

“The essence of the Way is detachment.”

“Once you stop clinging and let things be, you'll be free, even of birth and death.”

“Hold everything in your hands lightly, otherwise it hurts when God pries your fingers open.”