Man cannot become attached to higher aims and submit to a rule if he sees nothing above him to which he belongs. To free him from all social pressure is to abandon him to himself and demoralize him. Émile Durkheim
People become attached to their burdens sometimes more than the burdens are attached to them. George Bernard Shaw
The happiness of the world is transitory. The less you become attached to the world, the more you enjoy peace of mind. Sarada Devi
Never become attached to anything that continues to hurt God. For you to be free of it, God must be allowed to hurt whatever it may be. Oswald Chambers
I simply don't become attached to the outer world or to anything. I work for God. I do the very best I can, and then I give the results to Him. Drunvalo Melchizedek
.. but I must have it back [a sketch of mother with child at the breast] very soon, because I become attached to it... Such a sketch is a part of my life; it always stays. I use it ten or twenty times... It is a foundation on which I build. Jozef Israëls