Renunciation Quotes

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 of renouncing

Renunciation means that none can serve both God and Mammon.

Knowledge and devotion, to be true, have to stand the test of renunciation of the fruits of action.

Renunciation is submission to time.

Renunciation made for the sake of service is an ineffable joy of which none can deprive anyone, because that nectar springs from within and sustains life.

Many a time comes when we want to interpret our weakness and cowardice as forgiveness and renunciation.

What is marriage but the renunciation of unchastity? The savage does not marry. Man marries because he renounces.

At one time I thought that if I could really understand renunciation and bodhichitta from the depths of my heart, then, for this lifetime that would be enough.

O Lord, self-renunciation is not the work of one day, nor children's sport; yea, rather in this word is included all perfection.

I believe that renunciation of the Soviet Union was an expression of the free will of the Russian people.

If our life is not a course of humility, self-denial, renunciation of the world, poverty of spirit, and heavenly affection, we do not live the lives of Christians.

The life of Gautama Buddha illustrates the power of service, compassion and, most importantly, renunciation. He was convinced that material wealth is not the sole goal.

There is a great force in renunciation of power that those who are blinded by the lust for domination cannot understand because those who truly love do not desire power.

We need a total renunciation of war. We must renounce war totally, because now we can destroy all life on earth.

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 is the key of renunciation.

The act the act must not be a revenge. It must be a calm, weary renunciation, a closing of accounts, a private, rhythmic deed. The last remark.

Humility is not renunciation of pride but the substitution of one pride for another.

A mass movement attracts and holds a following not because it can satisfy the desire for self-advancement, but because it can satisfy the passion for self-renunciation.

Commitment becomes hysterical when those who have nothing to give advocate generosity, and those who have nothing to give up preach renunciation.

There are the spiritually consumptive ones: hardly are they born when they begin to die, and long for doctrines of lassitude and renunciation.

I dare predict that the influence of the Treaty of Renunciation of War will be felt in a large proportion of all future international acts.

The first level of practice is illuminated by the qualities of courage and renunciation.

The secret of a happy life lies in renunciation. Renunciation is life.

Renunciation is everyone's prerogative.

Renunciation means absence of hankering after fruit.

Renunciation which is natural does not herald its coming by the blowing of trumpets. It comes in imperceptibly without letting anyone notice it.

He who gives up action falls. He who gives up the reward rises. But renunciation of fruit in no way means indifference to the result.

Desirelessness or renunciation does not come for the mere talking about it.

The renunciation of the Gita is the acid test of faith.

According to the letter of the Gita, it is possible to say that warfare is consistent with renunciation of fruit.

... giving up alcohol or cigarettes is a lead-pipe cinch compared to the renunciation of complacence by a former (self-appointed) elite.

Renunciation doesn't mean giving up things externally but rather it means diligently pulling out the weeds from the heart.

We can never judge the lives of others, because each person knows only their own pain and renunciation.

Renunciation is the art of removing the barriers between one’s self and others.

Every choice is a renunciation. Indeed. Every choice is a thousand renunciations. To choose one thing is to turn one's back on many others.

2.27 THE ULTIMATEWith compassion and renunciation walking, With wants and desires ever shedding, With love within one’s heart flowing, Peace and Divinity shall never be wanting.[158] - 2

Creativity is the result of renunciation on the journey of spiritual enlightenment, not of a thirst for glory or personal pride.

Renunciation is dropping the fear, anger, respect, and disrespect but continuously radiating unconditional love for everyone.