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Ascetic Quotes

The ascetic makes a necessity of virtue Picture Quote #1

Forgiveness is the true nature of the ascetic Picture Quote #1

The ascetic is often a sensualist who has reached the limit of his capacity Picture Quote #1

Ascetic spirituality is a symptom of the very disease which it intends to cure Picture Quote #1

A holy life is not an ascetic, or gloomy or solitary life, but a life regulated by divine truth and faithful in Christian duty. It is living above the world while we are still in it Picture Quote #1

The ascetic morality is a negative morality. And strictly, what is important for a man is not to die, whether he sins or not Picture Quote #1

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The ascetic remembrance of death is opposed to akedia, to anxiety, to depression, and becomes a powerful reminder of eternity, its joyful nostalgia Picture Quote #1

No sane man can afford to dispense with debilitating pleasures; no ascetic can be considered reliably sane Picture Quote #1

Power and courtly influence form an intoxicating draught even when raised to the lips of an ascetic and a saint Picture Quote #1

Read from a distant star, the majuscule script of our earthly existence would perhaps lead to the conclusion that the earth was the distinctively ascetic planet, a nook of disgruntled, arrogant creatures filled with a profound disgust with themselves, at the earth, at all life, who inflict as much pain on themselves as they possibly can out of pleasure in inflicting pain which is probably their only pleasure Picture Quote #1

I love my work with a frenetic and perverse love, as an ascetic loves the hair shirt which scratches his belly Picture Quote #1

Everybody who does not live in a prostitute’s bed and on a diet of cocaine snow is called an ascetic nowadays Picture Quote #1

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When you reach your sixties, you have to decide whether you’re going to be a sot or an ascetic. In other words if you want to go on working after you’re sixty, some degree of asceticism is inevitable Picture Quote #1

Fashions pass quickly, and nothing is more pathetic than those puppets of fashion outrageously made up one day, pale the next, pleated or ironed stiff, libertine or ascetic. Playing with fashion is an art. The first rule is don’t burn your wings Picture Quote #1

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 in his scholarship, and that of an ascetic in his forgiveness Picture Quote #1

Yet in a kingdom containing seven constituent parts, which is upheld like the triple staff,of an ascetic, there is no,single part more important,than the others, by reason of the importance of the qualities of each for the others Picture Quote #1

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 indeed is an ascetic Picture Quote #1

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 writing about, into the world you’re writing about, rather than into the world you’re in Picture Quote #1

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During a chess tournament a master must envisage himself as a cross between an ascetic monk and a beast of prey Picture Quote #1

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 victim of a deplorable species of egotism Picture Quote #1

I think one of the things you and I have to learn is that we have to live without the consolation of belonging to a Church.... Of one thing I am certain. The religion of the future will have to be extremely ascetic, and by that I don't mean just going without food and drink Picture Quote #1

A commercial society whose members are essentially ascetic and indifferent in social ritual has to be provided with blueprints and specifications for evoking the right tone for every occasion Picture Quote #1

Religions, which condemn the pleasures of sense, drive men to seek the pleasures of power. Throughout history power has been the vice of the ascetic Picture Quote #1

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The ascetic makes a necessity of virtue (Ascetic Quotes) Forgiveness is the true nature of the ascetic (Ascetic Quotes) The ascetic is often a sensualist who has reached the limit of his capacity (Ascetic Quotes) Ascetic spirituality is a symptom of the very disease which it intends to cure (Ascetic Quotes) A holy life is not an ascetic, or gloomy or solitary life, but a life regulated by divine truth and faithful in Christian duty. It is living above the world while we are still in it. (Ascetic Quotes) The ascetic morality is a negative morality. And strictly, what is important for a man is not to die, whether he sins or not (Ascetic Quotes) The ascetic remembrance of death is opposed to akedia, to anxiety, to depression, and becomes a powerful reminder of eternity, its joyful nostalgia. (Ascetic Quotes) No sane man can afford to dispense with debilitating pleasures; no ascetic can be considered reliably sane (Ascetic Quotes) Power and courtly influence form an intoxicating draught even when raised to the lips of an ascetic and a saint (Ascetic Quotes) Read from a distant star, the majuscule script of our earthly existence would perhaps lead to the conclusion that the earth was the distinctively ascetic planet, a nook of disgruntled, arrogant creatures filled with a profound disgust with themselves, at the earth, at all life, who inflict as much pain on themselves as they possibly can out of pleasure in inflicting pain which is probably their only pleasure (Ascetic Quotes) I love my work with a frenetic and perverse love, as an ascetic loves the hair shirt which scratches his belly (Ascetic Quotes) Everybody who does not live in a prostitute’s bed and on a diet of cocaine snow is called an ascetic nowadays (Ascetic Quotes) When you reach your sixties, you have to decide whether you’re going to be a sot or an ascetic. In other words if you want to go on working after you’re sixty, some degree of asceticism is inevitable (Ascetic Quotes) Fashions pass quickly, and nothing is more pathetic than those puppets of fashion outrageously made up one day, pale the next, pleated or ironed stiff, libertine or ascetic. Playing with fashion is an art. The first rule is don’t burn your wings (Ascetic Quotes) 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 in his scholarship, and that of an ascetic in his forgiveness (Ascetic Quotes) Yet in a kingdom containing seven constituent parts, which is upheld like the triple staff,of an ascetic, there is no,single part more important,than the others, by reason of the importance of the qualities of each for the others (Ascetic Quotes) 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 indeed is an ascetic (Ascetic Quotes) 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 writing about, into the world you’re writing about, rather than into the world you’re in (Ascetic Quotes) During a chess tournament a master must envisage himself as a cross between an ascetic monk and a beast of prey (Ascetic Quotes) 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 victim of a deplorable species of egotism (Ascetic Quotes) I think one of the things you and I have to learn is that we have to live without the consolation of belonging to a Church.... Of one thing I am certain. The religion of the future will have to be extremely ascetic, and by that I don't mean just going without food and drink (Ascetic Quotes) A commercial society whose members are essentially ascetic and indifferent in social ritual has to be provided with blueprints and specifications for evoking the right tone for every occasion (Ascetic Quotes) Religions, which condemn the pleasures of sense, drive men to seek the pleasures of power. Throughout history power has been the vice of the ascetic (Ascetic Quotes)