Attachment Quotes

"The root of suffering is attachment." "When I've really been in love with someone, I've always found it very difficult to get to sleep. It happens always at the beginning" "People have a hard time letting go of their suffering. Out of a fear of the unknown, they prefer suffering that is familiar." "If you don't get what you want, you suffer; if you get what you don't want, you suffer; even when you get exactly what you want, you still suffer because you can't hold on to it forever" "Train yourself to let go of everything you fear to lose" "The reason it hurts so much to separate is because our souls are connected" "If you get too attached to how you want it to come out the other side, you freeze. I try to trust that it will work out in the end" "The soul that is attached to anything, however much good there may be in it, will not arrive at the liberty of divine union" "I want you always to remember me. Will you remember that I existed, and that I stood next to you here like this?" "Hold everything in your hands lightly, otherwise it hurts when God pries your fingers open " "Think about any attachments that are depleting your emotional reserves. Consider letting them go." "To conceal anything from those to whom I am attached, is not in my nature" "Children need the emotional presence of their caregivers to thrive"