11 Quotes About Equanimity

The ability to remain calm and centered in situations that would normally cause others to become upset is called equanimity. This often difficult ability is one that’s required for great leadership, mastery of any skill, and strong psychological well-being. To develop equanimity, you must work through the following seven stages: 1) focus on the present, 2) acknowledge suffering, 3) identify suffering as suffering, 4) accept suffering as inevitable, 5) understand suffering as necessary for growth & transformation, 6) practice letting go of suffering, 7) cultivate an attitude of gratitude and appreciation for life.

Never let the future disturb you. You will meet it,...
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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
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The true philosopher is a man who says "All right, " and goes to sleep in his armchair. P.g. Wodehouse
Without equanimity, we might give love to others only in...
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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. Sharon Salzberg
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Perform all thy actions with mind concentrated on the Divine, renouncing attachment and looking upon success and failure with an equal eye. Spirituality implies equanimity.[ Trans. Purohit Swami] Anonymous
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Freedom from the thinking mind is our underlying goal for most of human activity. Chris Matakas
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One is to cross this ocean in the form of obstinacy. We are standing on this side of obstinacy and we have to go to the other side. If someone becomes instrumental in removing your obstinacy; do not be disturbed about it, consider him to be extremely beneficial and undergo that experience with equanimity. Dada Bhagwan
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Maintaining equanimity in misery is called penance (tapa). Dada Bhagwan
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I sometimes marvel at how far I’ve come - blissful, even, in the knowledge that I am slowly becoming a well-evolved human being - only to have the illusion shattered by an episode of bad behaviour that contradicts the new and reinforces the old. At these junctures of self-reflection, I ask the question: “are all my years of hard work unraveling before my eyes, or am I just having an episode?” For the sake of personal growth and the pursuit of equanimity, I choose the latter and accept that, on this journey of evolution, I may not encounter just one bad day, but a group of many. B.G. Bowers
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A person must be in tune with the light and dark forces of their nature and remain in harmony with the bands of their own multivariate being. Kilroy J. Oldster
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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