Sentence examples for ascetic life from inspiring English sources

Only a portion of the faithful followed the strict ascetic life advocated in Manichaeism.

He is unmarried and lives what many call an ascetic life completely devoted to the program.

They believed in an ascetic life, manifested by their hermit lifestyle.

His policies had failed, but people admired his sincerity and his ascetic life.

His treatises on the ascetic life have influenced Eastern Orthodox and Western spirituality.

There he pursued his scholarly work on the Bible and propagated the ascetic life.

Devout and pious, Sabzevāri led the ascetic life of a mystic.

Basil's health was poor, perhaps because of the rigours of his ascetic life.

At age 30 he renounced his princely status to take up the ascetic life.

I was impressed that he continues to lead such a ascetic life.

For Anne Glickman, the decision was not about trying to live an ascetic life.