Sadhu Vaswani

Ascetics and fakirs come to mitigate human suffering; to heal us and lead us on the path. They put up with criticism; they go through many worldly trials. Some of them have even become martyrs for our sake. But they have done all this with a smile and with gratitude to God. Hence sacrifice is a great virtue.

Indian Educator

Lisa Lutz

I didn't feel a strong bond with the parents who raised me, and I had anything but a happy childhood. My mother was overly sensitive; my father, ascetic. I was neither. I felt as if I were living with complete strangers. I suspect that my parents felt the same way.

American Author

Caleb Carr

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.

American Novelist

Alma Gluck

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.

American Musician

Bertrand Russell

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.

British Philosopher

Gustave Flaubert

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

French Novelist

A. J. Liebling

No sane man can afford to dispense with debilitating pleasures. No ascetic can be considered reliably sane.

American Journalist

Robert M. Parker, Jr.

No sane man can afford to dispense with debilitating pleasures; no ascetic can be considered reliably sane.

American Critic

Sixto Rodriguez

David Mamet

American Dramatist

Ascetics often choose simplicity for deep religious or spiritual reasons, not just for lifestyle preferences.

Religious Motivation

An ascetic's simple life is a personal choice, not the result of poverty or external limitations.

Voluntary Simplicity

'Ascetic' can refer to any individual practicing self-discipline, not solely monks or religious figures.

Not Always Monks

The adjective form describes actions that reflect self-discipline and control in pursuit of a goal.

Personal Discipline

Ascetic emphasizes valuing spiritual over physical needs; such dedication often gains respect.

Spiritual Over Physical

Ascetic is not just being economical; it involves extreme self-restriction and denying usual comforts.

Choice of Extremes

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