#renounciation

Men think much of their own advancement and of many other worldly things; but there is no improvement in this decaying world, which is as a tempting dish, sweet-coated, yet full of deadly gall within... It is as intangible as a mist; try to lay hold of it, and it proves to be nothing!

There is no kind of sorrow for one who leaves off (seeing through his physical senses) and begins to see everything as his own Self.

The life of action need not be renounced. If you meditate for an hour or two every day, you can then carry on with your duties.

By his willingly renouncing self-defence, the Christian affirms his absolute adherence to Jesus, and his freedom from the tyranny of his own ego. The exclusiveness of this adherence is the only power which can overcome evil.