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. Chanakya
People become attached to their burdens sometimes more than the burdens are attached to them. George Bernard Shaw
To conceal anything from those to whom I am attached, is not in my nature. I can never close my lips where I have opened my heart. Charles Dickens
All happiness or unhappiness solely depends upon the quality of the object to which we are attached by love. Baruch Spinoza
Bigot: One who is obstinately and zealously attached to an opinion that you do not entertain. Ambrose Bierce