Non Attachment Quotes

Enjoy everything that happens in your life, but never make your happiness or success dependent on an attachment to any person, place, or thing.

Accomplish but do not boast, accomplish without show, accomplish without arrogance, accomplish without grabbing, accomplish without forcing.

When we come to nonattachment, then we can understand the marvelous mystery of the universe: how it is intense activity and at the same time intense peace, how it is work every moment and rest every moment.

Be empty. Be still. Just watch everything come and go. This is the way of Nature.

When you have accomplished your goal simply walk away. This is the path way to Heaven.

The best way to win is to not need to.

Try to change it and you will ruin it. Try to hold it and you will lose it.

Simplicity has no name is free of desires. Being free of desires it is tranquil. And the world will be at peace of it's own accord.

The True Person benefits yet expects no reward, does the work and moves on. There is no desire to be considered better than others.

Complete your task. Seek no reward. Make no claims. Without faltering fully choose to do what you must do.

When merit has been achieved, do not take it to yourself; for if you do not take it to yourself, it shall never be taken from you.

Act without expectation.

A golden chain is as much a chain as an iron one. Shri Ramakrishna used to say that, to pick out one thorn which has stuck into the foot, another thorn is requisitioned, and when the thorn is taken out, both are thrown away. So the bad tendencies are to be counteracted by the good ones, but after that, the good tendencies have also to be conquered.

We need to learn to let go as easily as we grasp and we will find our hands full and our minds empty.

I have no desire to desire, and people become like the uncarved wood by themselves.

. . . the integral being is attached to nothing and can relate to everyone with an unstructured attitude. Because of this, her very existence benefits all things.

Perfection does not come from belief or faith. Talk does not count for anything. Parrots can do that. Perfection comes through the disinterested performance of action.

He who is attached to things will suffer much.

[The seers call him wise] whose every attempt is free, without any desire for gain, without any selfishness.

If you realize that all things change, there is nothing you will try to hold on to. If you are not afraid of dying, there is nothing you cannot achieve.

Prosperity in the form of wealth works exactly the same as everything else. You will see it coming into your life when you are unattached to needing it.

Softly and kindly remind yourself, ''I cannot own anything.'' It is a valuable thought to keep in mind as you struggle to improve your financial picture, worry about investments, and plan how to acquire more and more. It is a universal principle which you are part of. You must release everything when you truly awaken. Are you letting your life go by in frustration and worry over not having enough? If so, relax and remember that you only get what you have for a short period of time. When you awaken you will see the folly of being attached to anything.

The Master observes the world, but trusts his inner vision. He allows things to come and go. His heart is as open as the sky.

Don't grieve for what doesn't come. Some things that don't happen keep disasters from happening.

The way is light and fluid for the man withno preferences.

A good wanderer leaves no trace.

Work done for the Self gives no bondage. Neither desire pleasure nor fear pain from work. It is the mind and body that work, not I. Tell yourself this unceasingly and realise it. Try not to know that you work.

If you realize that all things change, there is nothing you will try to hold on to. If you aren't afraid of dying, there is nothing you can't achieve. Trying to control the future is like trying to take the master carpenter's place. When you handle the master carpenter's tools, chances are that you'll cut your hand.

The Master gives himself up to whatever the moment brings. He knows that he is going to die, and her has nothing left to hold on to: no illusions in his mind, no resistances in his body. He doesn't think about his actions; they flow from the core of his being. He holds nothing back from life; therefore he is ready for death, as a man is ready for sleep after a good day's work.