Quotes with renounce

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  • George Gurdjieff A man will renounce any pleasures you like but he will not give up his suffering.
    George Gurdjieff
    Russian teacher and writer (1873 - 1949)
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  • Simone Weil I am not a Catholic; but I consider the Christian idea, which has its roots in Greek thought and in the course of the centuries has nourished all of our European civilization, as something that one cannot renounce without becoming degraded.
    Simone Weil
    French philosopher (1909 - 1943)
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  • Bhagat Singh I emphasize that I am full of ambition and hope and of full charm of life. But I can renounce all at the time of need, and that is the real sacrifice. These things can never be hinderance in the way of man, provided he be a man. You will have the practical proof in the near future.
    Selected writings of Shaheed Bhagat Singh
    Bhagat Singh
    Indian socialist revolutionary (1907 - 1931)
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  • Arnold Schoenberg I never was very capable of expressing my feelings or emotions in words. I don't know whether this is the cause why I did it in music and also why I did it in painting. Or vice versa: That I had this way as an outlet. I could renounce expressing something in words.
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  • Jean Rostand In order to remain true to oneself one ought to renounce one's party three times a day.
    Jean Rostand
    French writer (1894 - 1977)
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  • Bill Flores Iran continues to explicitly threaten to destroy the state of Israel, America's most important ally in the region. Its leaders continue to shout, 'Death to America.' If Iran wants to be a part of the world community, it should renounce such statements.
    Bill Flores
    American businessman and politician (1954 - )
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  • Andrea Dworkin Men renounce whatever they have in common with women so as to experience no commonality with women; and what is left, according to men, is one piece of flesh a few inches long, the penis. The penis is sensate; the penis is the man; the man is human; the penis signifies humanity.
    Andrea Dworkin
    American radical feminist and writer (1946 - 2005)
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  • Bernhard von Bulow Mr. Chamberlain desires to avert the threat to England's peace by making England, in alliance with Germany, stronger than her rivals and so to force them to renounce their hostile intentions against her.
    Bernhard von Bulow
    German diplomat and politician (1849 - 1929)
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  • Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe People should talk less and draw more. Personally, I would like to renounce speech altogether and, like organic nature, communicate everything I have to say visually.
    Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe
    German writer and poet (1749 - 1832)
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  • Bhagavad Gita Renunciation and activity both liberate,
    but to work is better than to renounce.
    Bhagavad Gita
    Indian Hindu storybook
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  • Alexis Carrel Those who desire to rise as high as our human condition allows, must renounce intellectual pride, the omnipotence of clear thinking, belief in the absolute power of logic.
    Alexis Carrel
    French surgeon, anatomist and biologist (1873 - 1944)
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  • Aleksander Kwasniewski We have become aware of the responsibility for our attitude towards the dark pages in our history. We have understood that bad service is done to the nation by those who are impelling to renounce that past.
    Aleksander Kwasniewski
    Polish politician and journalist (1954 - )
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  • Ambrose Bierce Experience is a revelation in the light of which we renounce our errors of youth for those of age.
    Ambrose Bierce
    American writer (1842 - 1914)
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  • Andre Breton No one who has lived even for a fleeting moment for something other than life in its conventional sense and has experienced the exaltation that this feeling produces can then renounce his new freedom so easily.
    Andre Breton
    French writer (1896 - 1966)
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