Renonciation Quotes & Sayings

Regardless of the threat he conveyed, he appeared completely relaxed, as if he were caressing a kitten and not a deadly weapon. — Nashoda Rose

Hazing is both testing and training to subordinate self to the team. — Warren Farrell

I think it was more personal, but I certainly tried to adapt certain concepts of Surrealism. — Trevor Dunn

The most striking difference between little ones and grownups is that little ones cannot worry, and they cannot worry because they have no past and no future. They live only in the present moment. Just watch children. If they play, they play and don't even hear us call them and don't notice anything that is going on around them. If they eat, they eat; if they sleep, they sleep. There is a beautiful English word which describes how they do whatever they do, they do it 'whole-heartedly', whereas grownups always are half-hearted. — Maria Augusta Von Trapp

He needed that time edged with boredom in which fantasy could flourish.
Though it still surprised her, she was to some extent familiar with the delicacy of masculine pride. Despite a surface assurance, men were easily offended. Their moods could swing wildly. Caught in the turbulence of the unacknowledged emotions, they tended to mask their uncertainty with aggression. — Ian McEwan

My friend Josh grew up in New York City in the '80s and led an extraordinarily active social life and likes to point out how extraordinary social lives were possible long before people started carrying around phones. You simply made a plan and kept it. — Jason Gay

I know a lot of people think I'm dumb. Well, at least I ain't no educated fool. — Leon Spinks