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Renunciation Quotes

Seriousness is not Calvinistic, it's not a renunciation, it's the very opposite of that.

Seriousness is not Calvinistic, it's not a renunciation, it's the very opposite of that.

Leonard Cohen
Opposites, Seriousness, Renunciation
Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

The price of civilization is instinctual renunciation.

Sigmund Freud
Civilization, Renunciation

The test of progress is the amount of renunciation that one has attained.

Swami Vivekananda
Progress, Tests, Renunciation
Swami Vivekananda, Swami Saradananda (1964). “Swamiji's Message to a Disciple: Reprint from the Talks with Swami Vivekananda”

Everything is fraught with fear: Renunciation alone is fearless.

Swami Vivekananda
Fearless, Renunciation
Swami Vivekananda (2015). “The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda”, p.4632, Manonmani Publishers

As a parent you have to do some renunciation.

Robert Bly
Parent, Renunciation
Source: www.utne.com

With renunciation life begins.

Natalie Clifford Barney
Literature, Renunciation

Highest love for God can never be achieved without renunciation.

Swami Vivekananda
God Love, Renunciation, Highest
Swami Vivekananda, Swami Saradananda (1964). “Swamiji's Message to a Disciple: Reprint from the Talks with Swami Vivekananda”

There is nothing so high as renunciation of self.

Swami Vivekananda
Self, Renunciation
Swami Vivekananda (2015). “The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda”, p.2035, Manonmani Publishers

Renunciation is the very basis upon which ethics stands.

Swami Vivekananda
Ethics, Bases, Renunciation
Swami Vivekananda (2015). “Jnana Yoga: The Yoga of Knowledge”, p.7, editionNEXT.com

There is no end to renunciation.

Swami Vivekananda
Ends, Renunciation
Swami Vivekananda (2017). “Vedanta: Voice of Freedom”, p.147, Vedanta Society of St. Louis

Renunciation is of the mind.

Swami Vivekananda
Mind, Renunciation

No freedom without renunciation.

Swami Vivekananda
Renunciation

Renunciation is in our blood.

Swami Vivekananda
Blood, Renunciation

The older I get, the more beauty I see in the word renunciation.

Robert Bly
Renunciation
Source: www.utne.com

Renunciation means that none can serve both God and Mammon.

Swami Vivekananda
Jesus, Mean, Renunciation
Swami Vivekananda (2015). “The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda”, p.3685, Manonmani Publishers

Renunciation means death of false ego.

Radhanath Swami
Mean, Ego, Renunciation

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

Italo Calvino
Differences, Choices, Renunciation
Italo Calvino (2010). “The Castle Of Crossed Destinies”, p.56, Random House

Renunciation is submission to time.

Simone Weil
Submission, Renunciation
Simone Weil (2013). “The Notebooks of Simone Weil”, p.221, Routledge

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

Mahatma Gandhi
Talking, Doe, Renunciation
Mahatma Gandhi, Mohandas Gandhi, Ronald Duncan (2005). “Gandhi: Selected Writings”, p.36, Courier Corporation

Renunciation is everyone's prerogative.

Mahatma Gandhi
Renunciation, Prerogative
Mahatma Gandhi (1967). “Collected Works”

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