Attachment Quotes

“He who is overly attached to his family members experiences fear and sorrow, for the root of all grief is attachment. Thus one should discard attachment to be happy.”

“The message we give our children in the first year of life is: 'You are a bundle of needs. Your needs are legitimate. You can trust that we will meet your needs.'”

“The trouble with us is that we are attached to our own personal history. We are attached to our own way of doing things, to our own likes and dislikes.”

“My father said: 'You must never love anything that can't love you back'.”

“The things that stayed were things that you could not be separated from.”

“Every baby needs at least one person who is crazy about him.”

“A secure attachment is the best protection against the stresses of life.”

“Property is a trap. It is a way of remaining attached to the earth.”

“The root of sorrow is attachment.”

“Do not be attached to the comfort of this life. It is like a dream that will soon pass away.”

“When 'I' and 'mine' have stopped, then there is no more grasping.”

“I'm stuck with you, and that's the way it is.”

“But the wild things cried, 'Oh please don't go—we'll eat you up—we love you so!'”

“Desire is a bonfire that burns with greater fury.”

“Hope and fear come from feeling that we lack something; they come from a sense of poverty.”

“Everything I’ve ever let go of has claw marks on it.”

“The power of unfulfilled desires is the root of all man's slavery.”