Quotes: Renunciation

With renunciation life begins.

It is impossible to overlook the extent to which civilization is built upon a renunciation of instinct.

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 my part, but like so many people, it was a gradual fading away.

To write is to become disinterested. There is a certain renunciation in art.

What is marriage, is marriage protection or religion, is marriage renunciation or abundance, is marriage a stepping-stone or an end. What is marriage.

A self-respecting nation is ready for anything, including war, except for a renunciation of its option to make war.

The oath of renunciation and allegiance is a solemn vow taken by thousands of immigrants each year to become a United States citizen. The oath is the fundamental statement of allegiance to the United States, and this allegiance is what unites America.

Renunciation – that is the great fact we all, individuals and classes, have to learn. In trying to avoid it we bring misery to ourselves and others.

Through love one acquires renunciation and discrimination naturally.

Renunciation remains sorrow, though a sorrow borne willingly.