Spiritual Quotes on Renunciation

• The only Real Renunciation is that which abandons, in the midst of worldly duties, all sefish thoughts and desires. - Meher Baba
   
• Renunciation is always in the mind, not in going to forests or solitary places or giving up one's duties. The main thing is to see that the mind does not turn outward but inward. - Ramana Maharshi
   
• Dropping the idea of ownership is renunciation. Renunciation is not dropping the possessions but possessiveness. - Osho
   
• In order to realize the Self, renounce everything. Having cast off all (objects), assimilate yourself to that which remains. - Annapurna Upanishad
   
• A man should surrender the personal selfishness which binds him to this world. Giving up the false self is the true renunciation. - Ramana Maharshi
   
• Renunciation of desires does not mean asceticism or a negative attitude to life. . . Without avoiding contact with the different aspects of life, maintain complete detachment in the midst of intense activity. - Meher Baba
   
• One can realize God through intense renunciation. But the
  soul must be restless for Him, as restless as one feels for a breath of air when one's head is pressed under water. - Sri Ramakrishna
   
• Renunciation does not imply apparent divesting of costumes, family ties, home, etc., but renunciation of desires, affection and attachment. There is no need to resign your job, only resign yourself to God, the bearer of the burden of all. One who renounces desires actually merges in the world and expands his love to the whole universe. - Ramana Maharshi
   
• The mind is very clever. If you say, ‘Drop money’ the mind says, ‘Okay. Can I cling to meditation?’ If you say to the mind, ‘Renounce the world’ the mind says, ‘Okay. Can I now possess spiritual experiences?’ If you say, ‘Renounce the world’ the mind says, ‘I can renounce the world, but now I will cling to the idea of God.’ - Osho
   
• Mental renunciation is the essential thing. That, too, makes one a sannyasi. - Sri Ramakrishna
   
• Remember, if you renounce the world through a failure it is not renunciation, it is not sannyas, it is not true. If you renounce the world through understanding, that is totally different. You don’t renounce it as a sad effort, with frustration within, failure all around. You don’t do it like a suicide, remember. If your sannyas is a suicide, then flowers will not shower on you — then you are leaving…. - Osho