Renounce Quotes

175 Renounce quotes by 132 unique authors

In order not to suffer, you had to renounce love. — Paulo Coelho
You renounce your friendship even in the hour of our need ' he said. 'Yet you were glad indeed to receive our aid when you… — J.R.R. Tolkien
The difference between an admirer and a follower still remains, no matter where you are. The admirer never makes any true sacrifices. He always plays… — Soren Kierkegaard
To control the future requires the control of education and of the child. Hence, for Christians to tolerate statist education, or to allow their children… — R.J. Rushdoony
But he could not renounce his infinite capacity for illusion at the very moment he needed it most... he saw fireflies where there were none. — Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Give yourself to reading.â€™... You need to read. Renounce as much as you will all light literature, but study as much as possible sound theological… — Charles Spurgeon
Isn't strength the ability to renounce every lie in your heart? — Bisco Hatori
I donâ€™t understand why we must do things in this world, why we must have friends and aspirations, hopes and dreams. Wouldnâ€™t it be better… — Emile M. Cioran
As far as I am concerned, I resign from humanity. I no longer want to be, nor can still be, a man. What should I… — Emile M. Cioran
To renounce liberty is to renounce being a man, to surrender the rights of humanity and even its duties. — Jean-Jacques Rousseau
There are only two kinds of freedom in the world; the freedom of the rich and powerful, and the freedom of the artist and the… — Anais Nin
Renounce love and you can achieve demonic focus. — Glen Duncan
I endeavored to renounce society, that I might avoid temptation. But it was a poor religion; so far as it prevailed, only tended to make… — John Newton
...life is a gift bestowed without anyone asking for it; that the thinking person has a philosophical duty to examine both the nature of life… — Julian Barnes
Blessed are they that hunger and thirst after righteousness: for they shall be filled.' Not only do the followers of Jesus renounce their rights, they… — Dietrich Bonhoeffer
To be honest, to be kind-to earn a little and to spend a little less, to make upon the whole a family happier for his… — Robert Louis Stevenson
The followers of Christ have been called to peace. . . . And they must not only have peace but make it. And to that… — Dietrich Bonhoeffer
A hermit is one who renounces the world of fragments that he may enjoy the world wholly and without interruption. — Khalil Gibran
The best people renounce all for one goal, the eternal fame of mortals; but most people stuff themselves like cattle. — Heraclitus
All worldly pursuits have but one unavoidable and inevitable end, which is sorrow; acquisitions end in dispersion; buildings in destruction; meetings in separation; births in… — Milarepa

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