Ascetic Quotes

36 Ascetic quotes by 30 unique authors

Man can learn self-discipline without becoming ascetic; he can be wise without waiting to be old; he can be influential without waiting for status. Man… — Neal A. Maxwell
The ascetic makes a necessity of virtue. — Friedrich Nietzsche
I fall into that nebulous, quote-unquote, normal American woman size that legions of fashion stylists detest. For the record, I'm a size 8 - this… — Mindy Kaling
The ascetic is often a sensualist who has reached the limit of his capacity. — Jacques Barzun
In every ascetic morality man worships a part of himself as God and for that he needs to diabolize the other part. — Friedrich Nietzsche
Neither my life of luxury in the palace -nor- my life as ascetic in the forest were ways to enlightenment. — Gautama Buddha
In general, it can be said that no contemplative life is possible without ascetic self-discipline. One must learn to survive without the habit-forming luxuries which… — Thomas Merton
The student who deceives himself into thinking that he is giving his life like an ascetic in the spirit of sacrifice for art, is the… — Alma Gluck
Debauchery conceived of as a kind of ascetic experience is not new, either for men or for women, but until Story of O no woman… — Anne Desclos
Ascetic spirituality is a symptom of the very disease which it intends to cure. — Anodea Judith
The religion of Jesus Christ is not ascetic, nor sour, nor gloomy, nor circumscribing. It is full of sweetness in the present and in promise. — Henry Ward Beecher
During a chess tournament a master must envisage himself as a cross between an ascetic monk and a beast of prey. — Alexander Alekhine
The fruits of the earth are not brought to perfection immediately, but by time, rain and care; similarly, the fruits of men ripen through ascetic… — Anthony the Great
Now, because men of our contemporary age are caught up in the ascetic view of a life-denying religious system, but in spite of this cannot… — Guido von List
No sane man can afford to dispense with debilitating pleasures; no ascetic can be considered reliably sane. — Robert M. Parker, Jr.
If one's object is ascetic, it is far better to stay in London or Paris or New York; there is practically no extreme of heat… — Evelyn Waugh
I like prostitution. My heart has never failed to pound at the sight of one of those provocatively dressed women walking in the rain under… — Gustave Flaubert
When like the patriarchs we learn to dig wells of virtue and spiritual knowledge within ourselves by means of ascetic practice and contemplation, we will… — Maximus the Confessor
I'm a fairly ascetic person. And I do most of my writing at night. You don't get distracted, your brain goes into what you are… — Caleb Carr
He who, though dressed in fine apparel, exercises tranquillity, is quiet, subdued, restrained, chaste, and has ceased to find fault with all other beings, he… — Max Muller
This severe, ascetic music, calm and horizontal as the line of the ocean, monotonous by virtue of its serenity, anti-sensuous, and yet so intense in… — Charles Gounod
Yet in a kingdom containing seven constituent parts, which is upheld like the triple staff ,of an ascetic , there is no ,single part more… — Guru Nanak
The beauty of a cuckoo is in its notes, that of a woman in her unalloyed devotion to her husband, that of an ugly person… — Chanakya
In short, the Gaon was a one-sided, severe ascetic, and would never have deserved the title of a good father, a good husband, an amiable… — Solomon Schechter
All this fame and money, which have so thrilled me when they came to others, leave me cold when they come to me. I am… — E. M. Forster

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