“You feel that not only the sanctity of the city, but the austerity of the landscape, fostered the asceticism of the early hermits here.”

“He devoted himself to a life of austerity and meditation.”

“The austerity of the conditions of his detention and his exclusion from outside contact were intended to be conducive to breaking down any resolve he may have had.”

“The Essence Barbara Nanning combines tradition with innovation, Eastern opulence with Dutch austereness, freedom with structure and reason with emotion.”

“By reciting certain mantras and performing austerities one's consciousness is expanded and one develops supernatural abilities.”

“Such austerities were employed in an attempt to gain insight into the fundamental nature of existence.”

“He describes the austerities he endured on the long road to ordination and the claims he arrogated to himself as a priest.”