Renunciation Quotes

125 Renunciation quotes by 77 unique authors

Her future, she thought, was likely to be worse than her past, for after her years of contented renunciation, she had slipped back into desire… — George Eliot
I find C major to be the key of strength, but also the key of regret. E major is the key of confidence. A-flat major… — Bob Dylan
Know that the eradication of the identification with the body is charity, spiritual austerity and ritual sacrifice; it is virtue, divine union and devotion; it… — Ramana Maharshi
every choice has its obverse, that is to say a renunciation, and so there is no difference between the act of choosing and the act… — Italo Calvino
Deliverance is not for me in renunciation. I feel the embrace of freedom in a thousand bonds of delight. — Rabindranath Tagore
Industry, technology, and commerce can thrive only as long as an idealistic national community offers the necessary preconditions. And these do not lie in material… — Adolf Hitler
It is only when we begin to relax with ourselves that meditation becomes a transformative process. Only when we relate with ourselves without moralizing, without… — Pema Chodron
His retreat into himself is not a final renunciation of the world, but a search for quietude, where alone it is possible for him to… — Carl Jung
The secret of happiness is renunciation. — Andrew Carnegie
A universal renunciation of violence requires the commitment of the whole of society. These are not matters of government but matters of State; not only… — Federico Mayor Zaragoza
When? At this time, while you have all the opportunities, if you do not do your best to achieve the pure, stainless path to enlightenment… — Thubten Zopa Rinpoche
Through love one acquires renunciation and discrimination naturally. — Ramakrishna
I found myself facing a Christian Science Reading Room. My God! It had been eight years. There had never been any renunciation of religion on… — Henry Fonda
The Supreme Lord said: Fearlessness, purity of heart, perseverance in the yoga of knowledge, charity, sense restraint, sacrifice, study of the scriptures, austerity, honesty; Nonviolence,… — Bhagavad Gita
The person whose mind is always free from attachment, who has subdued the mind and senses, and who is free from desires, attains the supreme… — Bhagavad Gita
We can never judge the lives of others, because each person knows only their pain and renunciation. It's one thing to feel that you're on… — Paulo Coelho
Zen is not a renunciation, it is a rejoicing. It is the manifesto of dance and celebration. — Unknown Author
Renunciation of thinking is a declaration of spiritual bankruptcy. - Out of My Life and Thoughts. — Albert Schweitzer
Sublimation of instinct is an especially conspicuous feature of cultural development; it is what makes it possible for higher psychical activities, scientific, artistic or ideological,… — Sigmund Freud
Not by refraining from action does man attain freedom from action. Not by mere renunciation does he attain supreme perfection. — Bhagavad Gita

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