It is not by Renouncing joys that we shall become wise; but by becoming wise we shall renounce, without knowing it, the joys that cannot rise to our level.
"Life and Writings of Maurice Maeterlinck"
Jethro Bithell
There remains only the lowest class of all, and their emancipation is the serious task of social reform in the immediate future; but that class is even now not increasing in the ratio of population; its misery comes from many causes, most of them moral and physical rather than economic; and though it presents difficult and trying problems, there is no reason for Renouncing the hope which alone can sustain social reformers to success.
"Contemporary Socialism"
John Rae
Paracelsus has declared that he appreciates all he is Renouncing, but that he has no choice.
"A Handbook to the Works of Browning (6th ed.)"
Mrs. Sutherland Orr