0 avoiding physical pleasures and living a simple life, often for religious reasons: --
1 someone who lives an ascetic life, often for religious reasons: --
He lived as an ascetic.
2 avoiding physical comforts and living a simple life --
We can complete it step by step however long the road is and it can't be completed however short the road is if you don't even mark your footprint.
Можем да го завършим стъпка по стъпка, колкото и дълъг да е пътят и не може да бъде завършен, колкото и кратък да е пътят, ако дори не маркирате отпечатъка си.