Renounced Quotes

49 quotes by 45 authors

Sarcasm I now see to be, in general, the language of the devil; for which reason I have long since as good as renounced it. — Thomas Carlyle
Even those who have renounced Christianity and attack it, in their inmost being still follow the Christian ideal, for hitherto neither their subtlety nor the… — Fyodor Dostoevsky
One has renounced the great life when one renounces war. — Friedrich Nietzsche
The Imitation of Christ is a cherished treasure of the Christian world. This great book was written by a Roman Catholic monk. "Written", perhaps, is… — Swami Vivekananda
In any activity, we have to know what to expect, how to reach our objectives and what capacity we possess for the proposed task. The… — Paulo Coelho
God called Abraham and commanded him to go out from the country where he was living. With this call God has roused us all, and… — Justin Martyr
This my goodness does to endow the souls of the just more fully with spiritual riches when for my love they are stripped of material… — St. Catherine of Siena
SAUCE, n. The one infallible sign of civilization and enlightenment. A people with no sauces has one thousand vices; a people with one sauce has… — Ambrose Bierce
Alternatively, suppose Qaddafi winds up hanging from a lamppost in his favorite party dress. If you're a Third World dictator, what lessons would you draw?… — Mark Steyn
Itâ€™s all too easy to turn the fight of faith into sanctification-by-checklist. Take care of a few bad habits, develop a couple good ones, and… — Kevin DeYoung
After the end of the Second World War it was a categorical imperative for us to declare that we renounced war forever in a central… — Kenzaburo Oe
I would like to quote a very prejudicial doctrine that was handed down by the Supreme Court in 1823. It said that the Indian Nations… — Floyd Red Crow Westerman
An intelligent being, is the active principle of all things. One must have renounced all common sense to doubt it, and it is a waste… — Jean-Jacques Rousseau
When Alex left for Alaska," Franz remembers, "I prayed. I asked God to keep his finger on the shoulder of that one; I told him… — Jon Krakauer
Germany has solemnly recognized and guaranteed France her frontiers as determined after the Saar plebiscite... We thereby finally renounced all claims to Alsace-Lorraine, a land… — Adolf Hitler
Interest in Education will acquire great strength only from the moment when belief in a God and His care is renounced, just as the art… — Friedrich Nietzsche
All the sleepers in a night of delution beholding so many dreams. In this world of darkness, only those who sever themselves from the meterial… — Tulsidas
Warriorship is so tender, without skin, without tissue, naked and raw. It is soft and gentle. You have renounced putting on a new suit of… — Chogyam Trungpa
We must make clear to the Germans that the wrong for which their fallen leaders are on trial is not that they lost the war,… — Robert H. Jackson
It is too great comfort which turns a man against himself. Life is most readily renounced at the time and among the classes where it… — Emile Durkheim

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