Asceticism Means Quotes

#1. Asceticism means that a man resolves to live as a man.

Romano Guardini

#2. Then it seems that I, who wanted to watch over you, fell asleep myself.

Hermann Hesse

#3. The fear of death is that you are dying too soon. Nobody wants to, but at the point that you die you can pray that you are no longer the same person. I pray that when I am about to die I will not be the same person that I am now.

Audre Lorde

#4. The goal is to win. It's not about making money. I have many much less risky ways of making money than this (buying Chelsea football club). I don't want to throw my money away, but it's really about having fun and that means success and trophies.

Roman Abramovich

#5. People will not follow a leader with moral incongruities for long. Every time you compromise character you compromise leadership. The foundation of firm leadership is character.

Bill Hybels

#6. Asceticism for St. Anthony and others like him was never the end, only the means. Ward explains, "The aim of the monk's life was not asceticism, but God. It was important to follow Christ's example, to help the poor and sick, and to love the neighbor.

Norris J Chumley

#7. No commander in chief would ever say, 'I'm not going to listen to the guys on the ground.'

Claire McCaskill

#8. look here you old, painted hussy! I am neither a tart, a trollop, nor am I a strumpet! I am a lady of refined breeding and culture, so bugger off, before this little poppet pops you one in that ugly, wrinkled mug!

L.T. Suzuki

#9. For all things there is a toll. We pay in breaths, and our purse is soon empty.

R. Scott Bakker