“Consider carefully the merest event: in the best of cases, the positive and negative elements that participate in it balance out; generally… — Emil M. Cioran Copy Share Image
At one time I thought that if I could really understand renunciation and bodhichitta from the depths of my heart, then, for… — Tenzin Palmo Copy Share Image
There is a great force in renunciation of power that those who are blinded by the lust for domination cannot understand because… — Alison Croggon Copy Share Image
The act the act must not be a revenge. It must be a calm, weary renunciation, a closing of accounts, a private,… — Cesare Pavese Copy Share Image
Most people who read the autobiography perceive the narrative as a story that now millions of people know, and it was -… — Manning Marable Copy Share Image
True renunciation can be attained by anyone - whether a millionaire, parent, student, politician, farmer or engineer. It's not what you have… — Radhanath Swami Copy Share Image
Renunciation - non-resistance - non-destructiveness - are the ideals to be attained through less and less worldliness, less and less resistance, less… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
The conclusion to which I am ever more clearly coming is that the only hope of attaining a true system of economics… — William Stanley Jevons Copy Share Image
“Rejection of desire is liberating. Renunciation is a form of power.” — Kilroy J. Oldster Copy Share Image
A Sannyasin cannot belong to any religion, for his is a life of independent thought, which draws from all religions; his is… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
“To renounce active life in the world rather than one's own grasping and clinging is to forgo the chance to awaken.” — Dale S. Wright Copy Share Image
Everything is fraught with fear: Renunciation alone is fearless. — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
“Vairâgya or renunciation is the turning point in all the various Yogas. The Karmi (worker) renounces the fruits of his work. The… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
States are more like people than they are like anything else: they exist by purpose, reason, suffering, and joy. And peace between… — Roger Scruton Copy Share Image
According to the letter of the Gita, it is possible to say that warfare is consistent with renunciation of fruit. — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
What is marriage, is marriage protection or religion, is marriage renunciation or abundance, is marriage a stepping-stone or an end. What is… — Gertrude Stein Copy Share Image
Renunciation mind has nothing to do with sacrificing. When we talk about renunciation, somwhow we get all scared because we think that… — Dzongsar Jamyang Khyentse Rinpoche Copy Share Image
Both renunciation of action and the performance of action lead to Nirvana (Liberation); but these performance of action is superior to renunciation… — Chinmayananda Saraswati Copy Share Image
It is just this rage for consideration that has betrayed the dog into his satellite position as the friend of man. The… — Robert Louis Stevenson Copy Share Image
Truth, purity, self-control, firmness, fearlessness, humility, unity, peace, and renunciation - these are the inherent qualities of a civil resister. — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
... giving up alcohol or cigarettes is a lead-pipe cinch compared to the renunciation of complacence by a former (self-appointed) elite. — Margaret Halsey Copy Share Image
Agrarian Anabaptists, Christian Scientists, and Samurai are among the rare examples of renunciation stemming from an unwillingness to sacrifice the spiritual qualities… — Stephanie Mills Copy Share Image
Many a time comes when we want to interpret our weakness and cowardice as forgiveness and renunciation. — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
