1. "Dispassion is not indifference, but mastery of oneself and one's feelings. Remember what was said about the silver bridle of the spirit. It is necessary to master your feelings." [Facets of Agni Yoga 1954, 438]
2. "The principle of dispassion is in thought. ...Dispassion is a child of balance. But it must be understood. It is based on love, but not hatred. ...If an irritated person is like a husk, then an adamant who stands in balance. ... As long as the shield of balance, the armor of dispassion and calmness are strong, the weapon is invincible and the defense is impenetrable." [Facets of Agni Yoga 1952, 271]
3. "... A thought charged with [egoistic] emotions is powerless before a dispassionate thought, but of a higher order. Dispassionate thought extinguishes and neutralizes the fire of passionate emotional thoughts." [Facets of Agni Yoga 1955, 498]
4. "... What is considered unacceptable? Courage, calmness, restraint, dispassion, firmness? No, these emotions, or feelings, are not only not restrained, but, on the contrary, are fully affirmed. But irritability, anger, frustration, fear... are considered emotions that humiliate human dignity. It is enough for a person to show clearly and violently, let's say, irritation, as he becomes ashamed and embarrassed, as if he did something very ugly or robbed himself and humiliated and, as it were, disgraced. The feeling is absolutely right." [Facets of Agni Yoga 1953, 68]
5. "Dispassionateness is not heartlessness or indifference. When people read historical chronicles, they are not irritated, because these writings belong to the distant past; and the experience of life teaches that almost all received communications also refer to the past. Likewise, experience whispers that the future can direct thoughts above and beyond irritation and disturbance. Thus, only the future is liberated from passion. From it is born active dispassionateness. Usually people upbraid one for this concept, confusing it with selfhood; but it is better to attribute it to justice. Only the future, not littered by the confusion of the recent past, can enable one to think rationally." [Brotherhood, 285]
6. "... Distant historical events are perceived dispassionately, and everything that does not concern us. This is the point of view that should be acquired for everything that concerns us fiercely: as if from the outside, as if from above, as if everything does not concern us personally. And even you can look at your body from the side, so that it is easier to control it. After all, it is necessary to manage everything inside and everything outside. Not to control and not to master – without moving away, without standing aside, without ceasing to identify oneself with the transitory phenomena of life. To be in the world, but not of this world..." [Facets of Agni Yoga 1957, 130]
7. "A dispassionate thought does not torment its parent. Mastery of thought and feeling gives freedom to consciousness. How to learn to own yourself? Only starting with mastering the smallest feelings and the smallest thoughts. And only then can you move the masses." [Facets of Agni Yoga 1961, 147]
8. "The photographic film captures the vibrations of light without any personal experiences and does it very accurately. A dispassionate consciousness, not darkened by emotions, will see better and further. ... Any task can be solved brilliantly without the slightest signs of a personal attitude to it." [Facets of Agni Yoga 1956, 329]
