We know that no one ever seizes power with the intention of relinquishing it.
Unforgiveness denies the victim the possibility of parole and leaves them stuck in the prison of what was, incarcerating them in their trauma and relinquishing the chance to escape beyond the pain.
We must never relinquish the vision of a humane society and a humane world.
Next to the assumption of power is the responsibility of relinquishing it.
To ask women to become unnaturally thin is to ask them to relinquish their sexuality.
In the ardor of his enthusiasm, a youth set forth in quest of a man of whom he might take counsel as to his future, but after long search and many disappointments, he came near relinquishing the pursuit as hopeless, when suddenly it occurred to him that one must first be a man to find a man, and profiting by this suggestion, he set himself to the work of becoming himself the man he had been seeking so long and fruitlessly.
The relinquishing of the lesser is the gaining of the greater. Give up all and you gain all.
As to happiness in this life it is hardly compatible with that diminished respect which ever attends the relinquishing of labour.
IF YOU WOULD BE FREE OF GREED, FIRST YOU HAVE TO LEAVE EGOTISM BEHIND. THE BEST MENTAL EXERCISE FOR RELINQUISHING EGOTISM IS CONTEMPLATING IMPERMANENCE.
It is a common happening that those in power, as their tenure of office continues, find themselves less and less able to contemplate relinquishing it.
the voluntary relinquishing of responsibility for our lives and our actions is one of the greatest enemies of our time.
Relinquishing apparent national sovereignty does not have to entail a loss of national sovereignty, but can actually be a benefit.
A constructive approach to diplomacy doesnt mean relinquishing ones rights. It means engaging with ones counterparts, on the basis of equal footing and mutual respect, to address shared concerns and achieve shared objectives.
