Equanimity Quotes

• Even a happy life cannot be without a measure of darkness, and the word happy would lose its meaning if it were not balanced by sadness. It is far better take things as they come along with patience and equanimity.

  Carl Jung

  Love, Happiness, Sad

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• Equanimity arises when we accept the way things are.

  Jack Kornfield

  Mindfulness, Way, Accepting

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• To cultivate equanimity we practice catching ourselves when we feel attraction or aversion, before it hardens into grasping or negativity.

  Pema Chodron

  Practice, Negativity, Aversion

  Pema Chodron (2003). “Comfortable with Uncertainty: 108 Teachings on Cultivating Fearlessness and Compassion”, p.79, Shambhala Publications

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• Equanimity is calamity's medicine.

  Publilius Syrus

  Medicine, Entrepreneur, Calamity

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• A compassionate heart still feels anger, greed, jealousy, and other such emotions. But it accepts them for what they are with equanimity, and cultivates the strength of mind to let them arise and pass without identifying with or acting upon them.

  Stephen Batchelor

  Heart, Greed, Mind

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• Gratitude, not understanding, is the secret to joy and equanimity.

  Anne Lamott

  Gratitude, Joy, Understanding

  Anne Lamott (2006). “Plan B: Further Thoughts on Faith”, p.295, Penguin

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• Be happy for those who are happy, have compassion towards the unhappy, and maintain equanimity towards the wicked.

  Patanjali

  Humility, Compassion, Wicked

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• The transition from tenseness, self-responsibility, and worry, to equanimity, receptivity, and peace, is the most wonderful of all those shiftings of inner equilibrium, those changes of personal centre of energy, which I have analyzed so often; and the chief wonder of it is that it so often comes about, not by doing, but by simply relaxing and throwing the burden down.

  William James

  Responsibility, Self, Worry

  "The Varieties of Religious Experience: A Study in Human Nature". Book by William James, 1902.

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• So nothing is ever good or bad unless you think it so, and vice versa. All luck is good luck to the man who bears it with equanimity.

  Boethius

  Good Luck, Men, Thinking

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• Serenity, regularity, absence of vanity,Sincerity, simplicity, veracity, equanimity, Fixity, non-irritability, adaptability, Humility, tenacity, integrity, nobility, magnanimity, charity, generosity, purity. Practise daily these eighteen "ities" You will soon attain immortality.

  Socrates

  Integrity, Humility, Vanity

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• Let the wave of memory, the storm of desire, the fire of emotion pass through without affecting your equanimity.

  Sathya Sai Baba

  Memories, Fire, Storm

  FaceBook post by Sri Sathya Sai Baba from Dec 19, 2016

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• Mindfulness practice means that we commit fully in each moment to be present; inviting ourselves to interface with this moment in full awareness, with the intention to embody as best we can an orientation of calmness, mindfulness, and equanimity right here and right now.

  Jon Kabat-Zinn

  Life, Mean, Practice

  Jon Kabat-Zinn (2005). “Wherever You Go, There You Are: Mindfulness Meditation in Everyday Life”, Hyperion

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• You always own the option of having no opinion. There is never any need to get worked up or to trouble your soul about things you can't control. These things are not asking to be judged by you. Leave them alone.

  Marcus Aurelius

  Soul, Needs, Asking

  Marcus Aurelius, C. Scot Hicks, David Hicks (2002). “The Emperor's Handbook: A New Translation of The Meditations”, p.75, Simon and Schuster

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• We could not help contrasting the equanimity of Nature with the bustle and impatience of man. His words and actions presume alwaysa crisis near at hand, but she is forever silent and unpretending.

  Henry David Thoreau

  Nature, Men, Hands

  Henry David Thoreau (2013). “The Essential Thoreau”, p.219, Simon and Schuster

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• Willpower should be understood to be the strength of the mind, which makes it capable of meeting success or failure with equanimity.  It is not synonymous with certain success.  Why should one's attempts always be attended by success?  Success breeds arrogance and man's spiritual progress is thus arrested.  Failure, on the other hand, is beneficial, inasmuch as it opens his eyes to his limitations and prepares him to surrender himself.  Self surrender is synonymous with eternal happiness.

  Ramana Maharshi

  Spiritual, Eye, Men

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• Accepting the reality of change gives rise to equanimity.

  Allan Lokos

  Inspiration, Reality, Practice

  Allan Lokos (2010). “Pocket Peace: Effective Practices for Enlightened Living”, p.100, Penguin

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• Few people are capable of expressing with equanimity opinions which differ from the prejudices of their social environment. Most people are even incapable of forming such opinions.

  Albert Einstein

  Inspirational, Atheist, Life And Love

  Albert Einstein (2010). “Ideas And Opinions”, p.28, Broadway Books

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• Material wealth does not equate to success. Equanimity and peace of mind does

  Sri Sri Ravi Shankar

  Mind, Doe, Wealth

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• The 7 factors of enlightenment: mindfullness, investigation of mental objects, energy, joy, tranquility, concentration and equanimity.

  Nhat Hanh

  Joy, Enlightenment, Energy

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• Learn not to be attached to other people, to certain types of experiences. Allow the flow of life to guide you wherever it is supposed to and accept with equanimity, with balance, with poise, whatever happens.

  Frederick Lenz

  People, Taoism, Balance

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• The best way to overcome fear is to face with equanimity the situation of which one is afraid.

  B.K.S. Iyengar

  Overcoming, Way, Faces

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• When force of circumstance upsets your equanimity lose no time in recovering your self-control, and do not remain out of tune longer than you can help. Habitual recurrence to the harmony will increase your mastery of it.

  Marcus Aurelius

  Self, Upset, Unity

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• In hard times, no less than in prosperity, preserve equanimity.

  Horace

  Hard Times, Prosperity, Preserves

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• Survival is as much a matter of grace as fight. The expression, 'grace under pressure' implies the attainment of equanimity and equilibrium. The fundamental durability of the human body surprises us because the pain can be so intense - yet pain is often transient and hides the tremendous effforts the body is engaged in to heal itself.

  Gretel Ehrlich

  Pain, Fighting, Expression

  Gretel Ehrlich (1995). “A Match to the Heart: One Woman's Story of Being Struck By Lightning”, p.86, Penguin

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• There are two types of seeds in the mind: those that create anger, fear, frustration, jealousy, hatred and those that create love, compassion, equanimity and joy. Spirituality is germination and sprouting of the second group and transforming the first group.

  Amit Ray

  Spiritual, Compassion, Frustration

  Amit Ray (2010). “Meditation: Insights and Inspiration”, p.95, INNER LIGHT PUBLISHERS

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