“We must get to the place where we are desperate for God again. We must begin to desire Him more than food… — Jentezen Franklin Copy Share Image
Prayer is reaching out after the unseen; fasting is letting go of all that is seen and temporal. Fasting helps express, deepen,… — Andy Murray Copy Share Image
“One of my confreres sketched an explanation that attracted me: since the process of digestion is under the control of the brain,… — Adalbert De Vogue Copy Share Image
Pray earnestly and fast with purpose and devotion. Some difficulties, like devils, do not come out save by fasting and by prayer.… — Jeffrey R. Holland Copy Share Image
“I mention to him that I am fasting, but planning to take a day off. He cautions me to think about this… — Imran Ahmad Copy Share Image
After a sound drubbing followed by half a day's fasting, I felt more like laughing than like crying; and, in half a… — Stijn Streuvels Copy Share Image
Bear up the hands that hang down, by faith and prayer; support the tottering knees. Have you any days of fasting and… — John Wesley Copy Share Image
The principle of fasting is taught in almost all major world religions as a means of developing a higher level of self-mastery… — Stephen Covey Copy Share Image
In vain do we seek tranquility in the desert; temptations are always with us; our passions, represented by the demons, never let… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Try to physically remove yourself from all food stimuli during a fast. Cooking a meal or even just seeing and smelling food… — Jason Fung Copy Share Image
(Fasting) for a fixed number of days; but if any of you is ill, or on a journey, the prescribed number (Should… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“We all colour devotion according to our own likings and dispositions. One man sets great value on fasting, and believes himself to… — Francis de Sales Copy Share Image
Eid is a time of joy, after a season of fasting and prayer and reflection. Each year, the end of Ramadan means… — George W. Bush Copy Share Image
Fasting with a pure heart and motives, I have discovered, brings personal revival and adds power to our prayers. Personal revival occurs… — Bill Bright Copy Share Image
The heroes in paganism correspond exactly to the saints in popery, and holy dervises in MAHOMETANISM. The place of, HERCULES, THESEUS, HECTOR,… — David Hume Copy Share Image
“Instead of destroying and appropriating to himself nourishment taken from outside, man enters a state of nonviolence and detachment relative to the… — Adalbert De Vogue Copy Share Image
Most cultures traditionally link food and spirituality directly with periodic restrictions and celebrations punctuating the year. Abstinence from particular foods or full-on… — Marcus Samuelsson Copy Share Image
“Through intermittent fasting, your body is actually capable of producing muscle mass more quickly if you adjust your feeding and fasting days… — Sharon Daniels Copy Share Image
Devotion does not mean only Chanting praise and singing glory of God, nor fasting and offerings made to God. Devotion is a… — Pandurang Shastri Athavale Copy Share Image
It will require more than a few hours of fasting and prayer to cast out such demons as selfishness, worldliness, and unbelief.… — Theodore L. Cuyler Copy Share Image
If thou wouldst preserve a sound body, use fasting and walking; if a healthful soul, fasting and praying. Walking exercises the body;… — Francis Quarles Copy Share Image
“Who is to say which is better--to hunger and be fed, or to be fed so continuously that you never know hunger?… — Zenna Henderson Copy Share Image
“Through fasting/feeding cycles the body is thrust into "repair mode" and instead of producing new cells, it begins repairing old ones, which… — Sharon Daniels Copy Share Image
For Islamist terrorist groups such as ISIS, the holy month of Ramadan - a time of fasting and prayer for the vast… — Peter Bergen Copy Share Image
Once you are sincere in your fast, you have a sensitivity to the hurt and pain of others who are poor, who… — Louis Farrakhan Copy Share Image
You're quite right there," he said. "I have practiced abstinence myself for years, and had my time of fasting, too, but now… — Hermann Hesse Copy Share Image
Prayers belong strictly to the worship of God. Fasting is a subordinate aid, which is pleasing to God no farther than as… — John Calvin Copy Share Image
Fasting cleanses the soul, raises the mind, subjects one’s flesh to the spirit, renders the heart contrite and humble, scatters the clouds… — Saint Augustine Copy Share Image
Fasting is calculated to bring a note of urgency and importance into our praying, and to give force to our pleading in… — Arthur Wallis Copy Share Image
The hearing that is only in the ears is one thing. The hearing of the understanding is another. But the hearing of… — Zhuangzi Copy Share Image
The man of wisdom is devoid of ego even though he may appear to use it. His vacant or fasting mind is… — Ramesh S Balsekar Copy Share Image
Diet-wise, I practice intermittent fasting, keeping me alert, as the body is using up its energy stores. It keeps my diet in… — Jax Jones Copy Share Image
The physical fast is a way of learning to be above the demands of the body while also stepping into the shoes… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Fasting is as sensual as eating. Being celibate is as sensual as having sex. They're just different choices, different videos that you've… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
“Professor Morgulis wrote: “The acuity of the senses is increased by fasting, and at the end of his 31 days’ abstinence from… — Hilton Hotema Copy Share Image
Instead of looking outside of ourselves and counting potential enemies, fasting summons us to turn our glance inward, and to take the… — Tariq Ramadan Copy Share Image
“I approach this project in the spirit of a fast: an intentional reduction, a deliberate abstinence to summon God's movement in my… — Jen Hatmaker Copy Share Image
“Fasting is a spiritual exercise whose purpose is to subject the body to the liberating yoke of Jesus. As Wendell Berry puts… — Rod Dreher Copy Share Image
What could you do to a man who owns nothing? You can't starve a fasting man, you can't steal from someone who… — Francis of Assisi Copy Share Image
For the standard of Christian life was to be strained to a higher pitch; more fasting was required, and more careful separation… — Robert Rainy Copy Share Image
