"Never let the future disturb you. You will meet it, if you have to, with the same weapons of reason which today arm you against the present."
- Marcus Aurelius
"The true philosopher is a man who says "All right," and goes to sleep in his armchair."
- P.G. Wodehouse
"Sometimes people in abusive situations think they’re responsible for the other person’s happiness or that they’re going to fix them and make them feel better. The practice of equanimity teaches that i..."
- Sharon Salzberg
"Common man's patience will bring him more happiness than common man's power."
- Amit Kalantri
"Few people are capable of expressing with equanimity opinions which differ from the prejudices of their social enviroment. Most people are incapable of forming such opinions.", 1953)"
- Albert Einstein
"The meditative mind sees disagreeable or agreeable things with equanimity, patience, and good-will. Transcendent knowledge is seeing reality in utter simplicity. (146)"
- Jean-Yves Leloup
"Compassion does not need any special preparation, place or time. You can start it anywhere and anytime. Try it at home, work, school —or anywhere! The more you cultivate compassion the more will be yo..."
- Amit Ray
"Without equanimity, we might give love to others only in an effort to bridge the inevitable and healthy space that always exists between two people."
"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 sprou..."
"Equanimity is the hallmark of spirituality. It is neither chasing nor avoiding but just being in the middle."