"The ascetic makes a necessity of virtue." — Friedrich Nietzsche

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• Man can learn self-discipline without becoming ascetic; he can be wise without waiting to be old; he can be influential… — Neal A. Maxwell
• I fall into that nebulous, quote-unquote, normal American woman size that legions of fashion stylists detest. For the record, I'm… — 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… — 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… — Thomas Merton
• The student who deceives himself into thinking that he is giving his life like an ascetic in the spirit of… — Alma Gluck
• Debauchery conceived of as a kind of ascetic experience is not new, either for men or for women, but until… — 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… — Henry Ward Beecher
• During a chess tournament a master must envisage himself as a cross between an ascetic monk and a beast of… — Alexander Alekhine
• The fruits of the earth are not brought to perfection immediately, but by time, rain and care; similarly, the fruits… — Anthony the Great

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