Quotes Tagged With :ascetic

It is a ridiculous thing for a man not to fly from his own badness, which is indeed possible, but to....

As for karma itself, it is apparently only that which binds "jiva" (sentience, life, spirit, etc.) with....

If there is no element of asceticism in our lives, if we give free rein to the desires of the flesh (taking....

The only way to become an eccentric is to end your relationship with extroverts.

1. Accept everything just the way it is.2. Do not seek pleasure for its own sake.3. Do not, under any....

Patience is the highest asceticism.

The ascetic remembrance of death is opposed to akedia, to anxiety, to depression, and becomes a powerful....

Stupidity and MadnessThe Tao is clear, yet this clarity requires you to sweep away all your clutter.....

It is the privilege of the gods to want nothing, and of godlike men to want little.

For two thousand years or more man has been subjected to a systematic effort to transform him into an....