Detachment & Letting Be quotes

Quotes about non-attachment, acceptance, and finding freedom in release. Browse more in the Motivational app.

"Detachment is not that you should own nothing, but that nothing should own you."

— Ali ibn Abi Talib

"The root of suffering is attachment."

— Buddha

"When I let go of what I am, I become what I might be."

— Lao Tzu

"You only lose what you cling to."

— Buddha

"Attachment is the great fabricator of illusions; reality can be obtained only by someone who is detached."

— Simone Weil

"By letting it go, it all gets done."

— Lao Tzu

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