Or renounce life altogether! Accept fate obediently as it is, once and for all, and stifle everything in myself, renouncing any right… — Fyodor Dostoevsky Copy Share Image
They must know but little of mankind who can imagine that, after they have been once seduced by luxury, they can ever… — Jean-Baptiste Rousseau Copy Share Image
It seems certain, that though a man, in a flush of humour, after intense reflection on the many contradictions and imperfections of… — David Hume Copy Share Image
As far as I am concerned, I resign from humanity. I no longer want to be, nor can still be, a man.… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The decision to grow always involves a choice between risk and comfort. This means that to be a follower of Jesus, you… — John Ortberg Copy Share Image
We are not only to renounce evil, but to manifest the truth. We tell people the world is vain; let our lives… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
He is the real Guru Who can reveal the form of the formless before your eyes; who teaches the simple path, without… — Kabir Copy Share Image
We only possess what we renounce; what we do not renounce escapes from us. — Simone Weil Copy Share Image
There is no such thing as low-cost Christianity. Following Jesus means swimming against the tide, renouncing evil and selfishness — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
We are humanity, Kant says. Humanity needs us because we are it. Kant believes in duty and considers remaining alive a primary… — Jennifer Michael Hecht Copy Share Image
I was born in the U.S. Why should anyone who has an unfavorable view of the American government renounce his or her… — Mohammad Marandi Copy Share Image
The praise of a civilized world is justly due to Christianity;—war, by the influence of the humane principles of that religion, has… — Alexander Hamilton Copy Share Image
To renounce an honor for an advantage. To renounce an advantage for a greater advantage. — Ambrose Bierce Copy Share Image
To live... in any sense of the word... is to reject others; to accept them, one must renounce, do oneself violence. — Emile M. Cioran Copy Share Image
I myself will perhaps cry out with all the rest, looking at the mother embracing her child's tormentor: 'Just art thou, O… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
We truly possess only what we are able to renounce; otherwise, we are simply possessed by our possessions. — Sydney J. Harris Copy Share Image
There is little that gives children greater pleasure than when a grown-up lets himself down to their level, renounces his oppressive superiority… — Sigmund Freud Copy Share Image
Those who desire to rise as high as our human condition allows, must renounce intellectual pride, the omnipotence of clear thinking, belief… — Alexis Carrel Copy Share Image
Pain, loss and separation are inevitable on the path of love, and the only way of avoiding them is by deciding not… — Paulo Coelho Copy Share Image
I will no longer confer, differ, refer, defer, prefer, or suffer. I renounce the whole tribe of fero. I embrace absolute life. — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
Obama repeatedly has condemned Hamas as a terrorist organization that should be isolated until it renounces violence and recognizes Israel. — Aaron Klein Copy Share Image
Whilst a man is persuaded that he has it in his power to contribute anything, be it ever so little, to his… — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
When we renounce our dreams, we find peace and enjoy a brief period of tranquillity, but the dead dreams begin to rot… — Paulo Coelho Copy Share Image
