"The religion of Jesus Christ is not ascetic,……" — Henry Ward Beecher
"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."
More Ascetic Quotes
- Man can learn self-discipline without becoming ascetic; he can be wise without waiting to be old; he can be influential… — 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… — 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
- 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