This detachment (poverty, chastity,
This detachment (poverty, chastity, etc.) must not be mere amputation; everything which is shaken off must be simultaneously found again at a higher level. Gabriel Marcel
Detachment
Hitler overestimated the importance
Hitler overestimated the importance of [technology]. As a result, he would count on a mere handful of assault-gun detachment or the new Tiger tanks to restore situations where only large bodies of troops could have any prospect of success. Erich von Manstein
To spare oneself from
To spare oneself from grief at all cost can be achieved only at the price of total detachment, which excludes the ability to experience happiness Erich Fromm
Don’t regard what anyone
Don’t regard what anyone says of you, for this, after all, is no concern of yours. Epictetus
Death makes no sense
Death makes no sense except to people who have passionately loved life. How can one die without having something to part from? Detachment is a negation of both life and death. Whoever has overcome his fear of death has also triumphed over life. For life is nothing but another word for this fear. Emile M. … Read more
Only in the stillness
Only in the stillness of detachment can the soul yield up her secrets. Elsa Barker
I want to care,
I want to care, but I don’t. I look at you and all I feel is tired. I walk through school and all I want to do is leave. I wake up in the morning and don’t know why I’m here. I feel like I’m not real. Elizabeth Scott
Several decades ago, a
Several decades ago, a detachment of the American right cut itself loose from reason, and it has been drifting along happily ever since. If the birthers are more evidently kooky than the global-warming \”skeptics\” or the death-panellers or the supply-siders or the Swift Boat Veterans for Truth, they are, in their fundamental disregard for the … Read more
Peace … was contingent
Peace … was contingent upon a certain disposition of the soul, a disposition to receive the gift that only detachment from self made possible. Elizabeth Goudge
When mystics use the
When mystics use the word love, they use it very carefully – in the deeply spiritual sense, where to love is to know; to love is to act. If you really love, from the depths of your Consciousness, that love gives you a native wisdom. You perceive the needs of others intuitively and clearly, with … Read more