Renunciation Quotes

125 Renunciation quotes by 77 unique authors

Many a time comes when we want to interpret our weakness and cowardice as forgiveness and renunciation. — Swami Vivekananda
That renunciation of human closeness, of our deepest instincts: is it, in the end, simply too much to ask? Good men-sound, healthy men-can't make the… — Jennifer Haigh
Once renunciation and the awakened mind have been fully realized, the way to Buddhahood is clear. Liberation is complete and such liberated beings are then… — Maura O'Halloran
Without marriage there will be no renunciation, Buddha would not have left the world - for what? His wife, Yashodhara, must have created the situation… — Rajneesh
Renunciation mind has nothing to do with sacrificing. When we talk about renunciation, somwhow we get all scared because we think that we have to… — Dzongsar Jamyang Khyentse Rinpoche
The test of progress is the amount of renunciation that one has attained. — Swami Vivekananda
Meditation means this opening out of the soul to the Divine and letting the Divine shine in without obstruction from the personal self. Therefore it… — Annie Besant
Those who conquer their minds are beings of renunciation and detachment. They are beings of renunciation and detachment they are lovingly focused on the True… — Guru Nanak
It is a grave misconception to regard the mystical progress as passing mostly through ecstasies and raptures. On the contrary, it passes just as much… — Paul Brunton
The true strength of the Christian is the power of truth and love, which leads to the renunciation of all violence. Faith and violence are… — Pope Francis
When one has come to accept a certain course as duty he has a pleasant sense of relief and of lifted responsibility, even if the… — Charles Horton Cooley
To renounce liberty is to renounce being a man, to surrender the rights of humanity and even its duties. For he who renounces everything no… — Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Love makes no distinction between man and man, between an Aryan and a Mlechchha, between a BrÃ¢hmana and a Pariah, nor even between a man… — Swami Vivekananda
That intense faith in another world, that intense hatred for this world, that intense power of renunciation, that intense faith in God, that intense faith… — Swami Vivekananda
What is marriage but the renunciation of unchastity? The savage does not marry. Man marries because he renounces. — Swami Vivekananda
The Buhha was a monastic, but the practice of mindfulness in the context of any lifestyle is one of renunciation. Every moment of mindfulness renounces… — Sylvia Boorstein
A Sannyasin cannot belong to any religion, for his is a life of independent thought, which draws from all religions; his is a life of… — Swami Vivekananda
Always remember that renunciation is the root idea. Unless one is initiated into this idea, not even Brahma and the World - gods have the… — Swami Vivekananda
Everything is fraught with fear: Renunciation alone is fearless. — Swami Vivekananda
Give up, renounce the world. Now we are like dogs strayed into a kitchen and eating a piece of meat, looking round in fear lest… — Swami Vivekananda

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