Quotes and Sayings about Renunciation
"To write is to become disinterested. There is a certain renunciation in art."
- Anthony Burgess
(Related: Art, Renunciation)
"Renunciation remains sorrow, though a sorrow borne willingly."
- Charles Dickens
(Related: Renunciation, Sorrow)
"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."
- Henry Fonda
(Related: Religion, Science, People, Christian, Reading, Renunciation, Years)
"It is impossible to overlook the extent to which civilization is built upon a renunciation of instinct."
- Sigmund Freud
(Related: Civilization, Instinct, Renunciation)
"In Japan itself there have all along been attempts by some to obliterate the article about renunciation of war from the Constitution and for this purpose they have taken every opportunity to make use of pressures from abroad."
- Kenzaburo Oe
(Related: War, Opportunity, Purpose, Constitution, Renunciation)
"Through love one acquires renunciation and discrimination naturally."
- Ramakrishna
(Related: Love, Discrimination, Renunciation)
"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."
- Jim Ryun
(Related: America, Renunciation, states, United, Vow)
"What is marriage, is marriage protection or religion, is marriage renunciation or abundance, is marriage a stepping-stone or an end. What is marriage."
- Gertrude Stein
(Related: Marriage, Religion, Abundance, End, Protection, Renunciation)
"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."
- Beatrice Potter Webb
(Related: Fact, Misery, Renunciation, Trying)
"A self-respecting nation is ready for anything, including war, except for a renunciation of its option to make war."
- Simone Weil
(Related: War, Nation, Renunciation, Self)