Detachment, the action or process of detaching yourself from everything, a separation within yourself. May these quotes inspire you to detach yourself from all things that hold you back so that you may achieve your dreams.
1. “Detachment is not that you should own nothing. But that nothing should own you.” Ali ibn abi Talib
2. “Detachment doesn’t mean I’m trying less hard. It just means that fears and emotions that used to torment and paralyze me longer have the same power over me.” Kelly Cultrone
3. “He who would be serene and pure needs but one thing, detachment.” Meister Eckhart
4. “The root of suffering is attachment.” Buddha
5. “To spare oneself from grief at all cost can be achieved only at the price of total detachment.” Erich Fromm
6. “Only in the stillness of detachment can the soul yield up her secrets.” Elsa Barker
7. “Detachment is an art of enjoying something while always being open to the possibility of losing it someday.” John B. Bejo
8. “Detachment, sometimes it’s necessary in order to restore your sanity. Your peace of mind.” Anonymous
9. “Detach from needing to have things work out a certain way. The universe is perfect and there are no failures. Give yourself the gift of detaching from your worries and trust that everything is happening perfectly.” Anonymous
10. “Sometimes you have to completely detach yourself.” Anonymous
11. “Everything is temporary; Emotions, thoughts, people and scenery. Do not become attached, just flow with it.” Anonymous
12. “Detach yourself and be free.” ATGW
13. “Even when I detach, I care. You can be seperate from a thing and still care about it.” David Levithan
14. “We are all visitors to this time, this place. We are just passing through. We are here to observe, to learn, to grow, to love, and then we return home.” Australian Aboriginal Proverb
15. “Detachment is the ultimate pleasure.” Saraha
16. “Great calm, generous detachment, selfless love, disinterested effort: these are what make for success in life. If you can find peace in yourself and can spread comfort around you, you will be happier than an empress.” Rabindranath Tagore
17. “Sometimes you have to detach, to find yourself.” Anonymous
18. “Attachement is the great fabricator of illusions; reality can be attained only by someone who is detached.” Simone Well
19. “The essence of the Way is detachment.” Bodhidharma”
20. “When you become detached mentally from yourself and concentrate on helping other people with their difficulties, you will be able to cope with your own more effectively. Somehow, the act of self-giving is a personal power-releasing factor.” Norman Vincent Peale
21. “Detachment means to not be owned by what we own.” Anonymous
22. “And never have I felt so deeply at one and the same time so detached from myself and so present in the world.” Albert Camus
23. “Be in the world as though you were a stranger or wayfarer.” Bukhari
24. “Consciousness is compassion infused detached.” Amy Larson
25. “Humour is a form of self-detachment.” Claude Roy
26. “The nature of mind has no stain; it is basically complete in itself. Just detach from false mental objects and be enlightened to being as is.” Baizhang Huaihai
27. “Those who conquer their minds are beings of detachment.” Anonymous
28. “Your heart must become a sea of love. Your mind must become a river of detachment.” Sri Chinmoy
29. “It was my letting go that gave me a better hold.” Chris Matakas
