| Even as a child, he walked barefoot on the path full of thorns of hardship and austerity. |
| The resulting policy of economic austerity caused unrest and demonstrations. |
| He introduced a series of unpopular economic austerity measures to cope with the country's increasing debt burden. |
| They are not formally bound to the evangelical counsels of perfection nor do they practice visible austerities. |
| He describes the austerities he endured on the long road to ordination and the claims he arrogated to himself as a priest. |
| As he approaches 80, he seems to be relaxing some of the long-held austerities of his art. |
