The surest sign of a man of the highest wisdom is that he is
not attracted by the pleasures of the world, for in him even the subtle
tendencies have ceased. When these tendencies are strong, there is bondage;
when they have ceased, there is liberation. (Yoga Vasishta)
External attachment is attachment to sense objects. Internal
attachment is self-identification with the ego and the modifications of the
mind. The dispassionate man, absorbingly devoted to Brahman, is alone able to
renounce both…He who has know the reality of Brahman cannot continue to feel
attachment to this world. He who feels attachment has not known Brahman. He
remains deluded and sense bound. (Adi Shankaracharya)
Pitiful are those who, acting, are attached to their
action’s fruits. The wise man lets go of all results, whether good or bad, and
is focused on the action alone. (Bhagavad Gita)
Do not cultivate too much attachment to things of the world,
which appeal to carnal desires and sensual thirsts. A moment comes when you
have to depart empty handed leaving all you have laboriously collected and
proudly called your own. (Sathya Sai Baba)