Self Surrender Quotes

28 quotes by 22 authors

Self-interest is but the survival of the animal in us. Humanity only begins for man with self-surrender. — Henri Frederic Amiel
In prayer we shift the center of living from self-consciousness to self-surrender — Abraham Joshua Heschel
The rule for every man is, not to depend on the education which other men have prepared for him-not even to consent to it; but… — Woodrow Wilson
The 'I' casts off the illusion of the 'I' and yet remains 'I'. Such is the paradox of Self-realization. The Realized do not see any… — Ramana Maharshi
Love consumes us only in the measure of our self-surrender. — Therese of Lisieux
If missions languish, it is because the whole life of godliness is feeble. The command to go everywhere and preach to everybody is not obeyed… — Arthur Tappan Pierson
Willpower should be understood to be the strength of the mind, which makes it capable of meeting success or failure with equanimity. Â It is… — Ramana Maharshi
Self-conquest is really self-surrender. Yet before we can surrender ourselves we must become ourselves. For no one can give up what he does not possess. — Thomas Merton
Truth will never come into our minds so long as there will remain the faintest shadow of AhamkÃ¢ra (egotism). All of you should try to… — Swami Vivekananda
In any culture, subculture, or family in which belief is valued above thought, and self-surrender is valued above self-expression, and conformity is valued above integrity,… — Nathaniel Branden
I don't know Who, or what, put the question, I don't know when it was put. I don't even remember answering. But at some moment… — Dag Hammarskjold
Last of all will come self-surrender. Then we shall be able to give ourselves up to the Mother. If misery comes, welcome; if happiness comes,… — Swami Vivekananda
My most earnest of all pleas to singles is abandonment of the self, surrender to Christ of all unfulfilled longings, an unequivocal willingness to receive… — Elisabeth Elliot
Jesusâ€™ example of fidelity to prayer challenges us to examine the time and effort we devote to our own prayer. While prayer is a gift… — Pope Benedict XVI
Give people pride and they'll live on bread and water, bless their exploiters, and even die for them. Self-surrender is a transaction of barter: we… — Eric Hoffer
It is the Holy Ghost in us that is everything, and the Father is willing to bestow Him upon the weakest if he will only… — Griffith John
We do not step out of the world when we pray; we merely see the world in a different setting. The self is not the… — Abraham Joshua Heschel
Since I am I, I must make an act of self-surrender, however small or however easy, in living to God rather than to my self. — C.S. Lewis
In eloquence, the great triumphs of the art are when the orator is lifted above himself; when consciously he makes himself the mere tongue of… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
When our individual interests and prospects do not seem worth living for, we are in desperate need for something apart from us to live for.… — Eric Hoffer

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