Quotes about Renunciation

All Mature Spirituality Is About Letting Go

All great spirituality is somehow about letting go.

he just tells him to "descend" from his power position, "go away and get rid of all your possessions." Money is only the metaphor here; the real possession he has to get rid of is his ego.

God warns us to not get too attached to what's around us because it is temporary. We're told, "Those in frequent contact with the things of the world should make good use of them without becoming attached to them, for this world and all it contains will pass away."9

May the things of this world so lose their power over us that we do not in the slightest wish to be 'worldly'; nay, we even delight in not remaining 'in the world.'

Before we can pray "Lord Thy Kingdom come " we must be willing to pray "My Kingdom go."

Solomon's Song belongs to those who have made the greatest renunciation of all: the renunciation of self. For them, only the Beloved counts.

In spiritual matters, the only real glory is in the renunciation of glorifying self.

Being converted to Jesus is learning to so adore God that we would gladly renounce everything we have to follow Him.

It is not what we take up, but what we give up, that makes us rich.

Let us die as soon as possible, and by whatever process God shall appoint. And when we are dead to the world, and nature, and self, we shall begin to live to God.

Attempting to follow Him without denying the self is the root of all failures.