Abnegation Quote by African Spir

Renunciation means death of false ego.

— Radhanath Swami

“As individuality develops and blossoms incrementally, and it becomes fully expressed; that is the Absolute state of the Self (parmatma).”

— Dada Bhagwan

Renunciation, and renunciation alone, is the real secret, the Mulamantra, of all Realisation.

— Swami Vivekananda

“If there is one ruler that can harmonize and unify the mob of characters [in our astral body], it is the Ego (the Higher…

— Samuel Sagan

There is nothing so high as renunciation of self.

— Swami Vivekananda

Sincerity becomes apparent. From being apparent, it becomes manifest. From being manifest, it becomes brilliant. Brilliant, it affects others. Affecting others, they are changed…

— Confucius

“The decisions we make and the way we behave are what ultimately shape our character. Charles A. Hall aptly described that process in these…

— Wayne S. Peterson

“By out-talking or bad-mouthing people, some get hoisted by their own petard, ultimately. When their sense of shame makes them crawl back to the…

— Erik Pevernagie

The true inner self must be drawn up like a jewel from the bottom of the sea, rescued from confusion, from indistinction, from immersion…

— Thomas Merton

“The child (mis)recognizes itself as a whole entity for the first time. It sees an image of itself as a unified person, an image…

— Glenn Ward

The process of reclaiming the self is one of reconciliation with meaning.

— Tariq Ramadan

“Dasein *is authentically itself* in the primordial individualization of the reticent resoluteness which exacts anxiety of itself. *As something that keeps *silent*, authentic *Being*-one’s-Self…

— Martin Heidegger