Ascetic-life Quote by Merlin Franco

“son, do not aspire for wealth and labor not only to be”

— Og Mandino

“The ascendancy of Man comes from within. He knows, He is his own inspiration, His own council, His own saviour. Anything less is His…

— Ralph Lagana

“It is as necessary for a poor man to give away, as for a rich man. Many poor men are more devoted worshipers of…

— George MacDonald

“And so when the whole man will be outside himself, and happy for no reason except that he is so outside himself, he will…

— Desiderius Erasmus

“The happiness he gives is quite as great, as if it cost a fortune.”

— Charles Dickens

“prosperity does not elevate the sage and adversity does not depress him. For he has always made the effort to rely as much as…

— Seneca

“One that has well digested his knowledge both of books and men, has little enjoyment but in the company of a few select companions.…

— David Hume

“Sometimes in life, as in literature, people get their just desserts. The greedy man loses everything because he cannot resist seeking more riches.”

— Elise Blackwell

“...when we condescend, when we act consistently with a sense of the character of people in general which demeans them, we impoverish them AND…

— Marilynne Robinson

“And for a moment the frailest leaves of life contained him in a widening happiness.”

— Anne Carson

“Unlike the majority of people, he did not hate or fear the wilderness; as harsh as the empty lands were, they possessed a grace…

— Christopher Paolini

“if you desire within your heart, riches, to help the hungry, the unclothed, the sick, the afflicted, the imprisoned, you will receive beyond measure,…

— TJR Senior