“Addiction Is The Complete Form Of Renunciation Because You Attain Wisdom, Thiruchitrambalam.” — P.S. Jagadeesh Kumar Copy Share Image
I believe that renunciation of the Soviet Union was an expression of the free will of the Russian people. — Vladislav Surkov Copy Share Image
“Rejection of desire is liberating. Renunciation is a form of power.” — Kilroy J. Oldster Copy Share Image
The secret of a happy life lies in renunciation. Renunciation is life. — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
“The fruit [result] of renunciation is not liberation, the fruit of Knowledge of the Self is liberation.” — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share Image
“We can never judge the lives of others, because each person knows only their own pain and renunciation.” — Paulo Coelho Copy Share Image
Love is the fruit of prayer ... Patiently abiding in prayer signifies a man's renunciation of himself. Therefore the self-denial of the… — Isaac of Nineveh Copy Share Image
“Renunciation is actually a result of the unfolding karma, whereas saiyam, a state in which there is absence of anger-pride-deceit-greed and attachment-abhorrence, is… — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share Image
“I have in all humility felt that perfect renunciation [of fruits] is impossible without perfect observance of ahimsa in every shape and… — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
“In renunciation, egoism is present; [but] there is no egoism in saiyam (a state in which there is absence of anger, pride,… — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share Image
If our life is not a course of humility, self-denial, renunciation of the world, poverty of spirit, and heavenly affection, we do… — William Law 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
Renunciation is always the ideal of every race; only other races do not know what they are made to do by nature… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
The supreme blossoming of character lies (or reside) in renounciation (or renuncement) and abnegation of self ("abnégation de soi", Fr.) — African Spir Copy Share Image
Creeds like pacifism or anarchism, which seem on the surface to imply a complete renunciation of power, rather encourage this habit of… — George Orwell Copy Share Image
“Yes - it was happiness she still wanted, and the glimpse she had caught of it made everything else of no account.… — Edith Wharton Copy Share Image
“Although other ( yānas ) assert that liberation will be achieved by renouncing the objects, one will not be bound by the… — Longchen Rabjam Copy Share Image
Her future, she thought, was likely to be worse than her past, for after her years of contented renunciation, she had slipped… — George Eliot Copy Share Image
Days come and ages pass, and it is ever he who moves my heart in many a name, in many a guise,… — Rabindranath Tagore Copy Share Image
The child begins life as a pleasure-seeking animal; his infantile personality is organized around his own appetites and his own body. In… — Selma Fraiberg Copy Share Image
“The penance and renunciation that one is told to do is actually under the authority of the non-Self (parsatta). So how can… — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share Image
“Renunciation & acquisition are both at the gross level, while being irritated and having love [for someone] are at the subtle level. The two cannot be equated with… — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share Image
A universal renunciation of violence requires the commitment of the whole of society. These are not matters of government but matters of… — Federico Mayor Zaragoza Copy Share Image
“This is where renunciation enters the picture--renunciation of the hope that our experience could be different, renunciation of the hope that we… — Pema Chödrön Copy Share Image
Fascism, in so far as it considers and observes the future and the development of humanity quite apart from political considerations of… — Benito Mussolini Copy Share Image
Sri Yukteswar used to poke gentle fun at the commonly inadequate conceptions of renunciation."A beggar cannot renounce wealth," Master would say. "If… — Paramahansa Yogananda Copy Share Image
That intense faith in another world, that intense hatred for this world, that intense power of renunciation, that intense faith in God,… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
“One of the biggest dangers on the left-hand path, according to Zeena, is that the initiate often adheres to the need of… — Zeena Schreck Copy Share Image
“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
“Renunciation, The Natural Daughter demonstrates, is the act of those who believe that their happiness is dependent on a power beyond their… — Nicholas Boyle Copy Share Image
“The renunciation that increases anger-pride-deceit-greed (kashay) cannot possibly be renunciation.” — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share Image
“Writing is also like love, if one can't have the courage to be a renunciant, they cannot write well.” — Suman Pokhrel Copy Share Image
Knowledge and devotion, to be true, have to stand the test of renunciation of the fruits of action. — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
Renunciation of thinking is a declaration of spiritual bankruptcy. - Out of My Life and Thoughts. — Albert Schweitzer Copy Share Image
Every choice is a thousand renunciations. To choose one thing is to turn one's back on many others. — Ronald Rolheiser Copy Share Image