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“Sri Yukteswar used to poke gentle fun at the commonly inadequate conceptions of renunciation."A beggar cannot renounce wealth," Master would say. "If a man laments: 'My business has failed; my wife has left me; I will renounce all and enter a monastery,' to what worldly sacrifice is he referring? He did not renounce wealth and love; they renounced him!"Saints like Gandhi, on the other hand, have made not only tangible material sacrifices, but also the more difficult renunciation of selfish motive and private goal, merging their inmost being in the stream of humanity as a whole.”

Source: Autobiography of a Yogi

“There is in even the most selfish passion a large element of self-abnegation. It is startling to realize that what we call extreme self-seeking is actually self-renunciation. The miser, health addict, glory chaser and their like are not far behind the selfless in the exercise of self-sacrifice.”

Self Passion Realizing Behinds Sacrifice Exercise Elements Glory Seeking Extremes Selfish Selfless Addict Self Sacrifice Renunciation Misers Abnegation Chasers

Book:The Passionate State of Mind

Source: The Passionate State of Mind

“Fascism, in so far as it considers and observes the future and the development of humanity quite apart from political considerations of the moment, believes neither in the possibility nor the utility of perpetual peace. It thus repudiates the doctrine of Pacifism - born of a renunciation of struggle and an act of cowardice in the face of sacrifice. War alone brings up to its highest tension all human energy and puts the stamp of nobility upon the people who have the courage to meet it.”

“An ideal sanctified by the sacrifices of such master spirits as Lenin cannot go in vain, the noble example of their renunciation will be emblazoned for ever and quicken and purify the ideal as time passes.”

Spirit Sacrifice Example Masters Ideals Noble Vain Renunciation Time Passes

Book:The Essential Writings

Source: The Essential Writings

“Agrarian Anabaptists, Christian Scientists, and Samurai are among the rare examples of renunciation stemming from an unwillingness to sacrifice the spiritual qualities of community life. Evidently there is no separate salvation.”

Christian Spiritual Community Quality Sacrifice Example Scientist Salvation Renunciation Samurai

Author:Stephanie Mills

“Know that the eradication of the identification with the body is charity, spiritual austerity and ritual sacrifice; it is virtue, divine union and devotion; it is heaven, wealth, peace and truth; it is grace; it is the state of divine silence; it is the deathless death; it is jnana, renunciation, final liberation and bliss.”

Knows States Body Spiritual Heaven Wealth Silence Virtue Grace Sacrifice Divine Unions Charity Finals Devotion Liberation Bliss Ritual Identification Renunciation Austerity Deathless

Author:Ramana Maharshi

“Industry, technology, and commerce can thrive only as long as an idealistic national community offers the necessary preconditions. And these do not lie in material egoism, but in a spirit of sacrifice and joyful renunciation.”

Long Spirit Lying Community Technology Sacrifice Materials Industry Offers Thrive Joyful Commerce Egoism Renunciation Idealistic National Community

Book:Mein Kampf

Source: Mein Kampf