Gandhi Renunciation Quotes & Sayings

Renunciation of objects, without the renunciation of desires, is short-lived, however hard you may try. — Mahatma Gandhi

I feel moved to express what I feel more strongly than anything else, and what in my opinion is of immense importance, namely, what we call the renunciation of all opposition by force, which really simply means the doctrine of the law of love unperverted by sophistries. — Mahatma Gandhi

Renunciation is the central sun, round which devotion, knowledge and the rest revolve like planets. — Mahatma Gandhi

Knowledge and devotion, to be true, have to stand the test of renunciation of the fruits of action. — Mahatma Gandhi

Renunciation means absence of hankering after fruit. — Mahatma Gandhi

The renunciation of the Gita is the acid test of faith. — Mahatma Gandhi

Truth, purity, self-control, firmness, fearlessness, humility, unity, peace, and renunciation - these are the inherent qualities of a civil resister. — Mahatma Gandhi

Let it be granted, that according to the letter of the Gita it is possible to say that warfare is consistent with renunciation of fruit. But after forty years' unremitting endeavour fully to enforce the teaching of the Gita in my own life, I have in all humility felt that perfect renunciation is impossible without perfect observance of ahimsa in every shape and form. — Mahatma Gandhi

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. — Mahatma Gandhi

Renunciation which is natural does not herald its coming by the blowing of trumpets. It comes in imperceptibly without letting anyone notice it. — Mahatma Gandhi

The secret of a happy life lies in renunciation. Renunciation is life. — Mahatma Gandhi

That matchless remedy (for self realisation) is renunciation of fruits of action. — Mahatma Gandhi

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. — Paramahansa Yogananda

Renunciation without aversion is not lasting. — Mahatma Gandhi

Desirelessness or renunciation does not come for the mere talking about it. — Mahatma Gandhi

Renunciation made for the sake of service is an ineffable joy of which none can deprive anyone, because that nectar springs from within and sustains life. — Mahatma Gandhi

According to the letter of the Gita, it is possible to say that warfare is consistent with renunciation of fruit. — Mahatma Gandhi

This is the unmistakable teaching of the Gita. He who gives up action falls. He who gives up only the reward rises. But renunciation of fruit in no way means indifference to the result. In regard to every action one must know the result that is expected to follow, the means thereto, and the capacity for it. He, who, being thus equipped, is without desire for the result and is yet wholly engrossed in the due fulfillment of the task before him is said to have renounced the fruits of his action. — Mahatma Gandhi

He who gives up action falls. He who gives up the reward rises. But renunciation of fruit in no way means indifference to the result. — Mahatma Gandhi

That parrot's non-co-operation with the cage, with its master, will live for ever because it looks upon renunciation, non-co-operation, as a joy. — Mahatma Gandhi

Renunciation is everyone's prerogative. — Mahatma Gandhi

When there is no desire for fruit, there is no temptation for untruth or himsa (violence). Take any instance of untruth or violence, and it will be found that at its back was the desire to attain the cherished end. But it may be freely admitted that the Gita was not written to establish ahimsa. It was an accepted and primary duty even before the Gita age. The Gita had to deliver the message of renunciation of fruit. This is clearly brought out as early as the second chapter. 26. But if the Gita believed in ahimsa or it was included in desirelessness, why did the author take a warlike illustration? When the Gita was written, although people believed in ahimsa, wars were not only not taboo, but nobody observed the contradiction between them and ahimsa. — Mahatma Gandhi