Ascetic Practices

Famous quotes containing the words ascetic and/or practices:

“The ascetic makes a necessity out of virtue.”
—Friedrich Nietzsche (1844–1900)

“Of all reformers Mr. Sentiment is the most powerful. It is incredible the number of evil practices he has put down: it is to be feared he will soon lack subjects, and that when he has made the working classes comfortable, and got bitter beer into proper-sized pint bottles, there will be nothing left for him to do.”
—Anthony Trollope (1815–1882)