Renunciation (n.) is, in fact, concealed affirmation in that, the man of renunciation, in throwing away much that would encumber his flight, including not a little that he esteems and likes, he strives for a higher world.
Renunciation (n.) is made easier by thinking of what one gives up in its lowest form — and he who denies himself great things permits himself petty indulgences.
Renunciation (n.) of honours, company, pleasures and arts may one day give us for neighbour not wisdom but boredom with life.
Renunciation (n.) of God may be like a lake that dams its outlet and rises ever higher: perhaps man will rise ever higher as soon as he ceases to flow out into a god.
Renunciation (n.) is only the visible part of a desire to soar higher: the man of renunciation is, in disguise, a man of affirmation.