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
“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
“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
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
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
The purpose of fasting is to loosen to some degree the ties which bind us to the world of material things and… — Ole Hallesby Copy Share Image
“The ways to find one’s way to Enlightenment are many. There is prayer and fasting, and some try that to great effect,… — Stanley Bing Copy Share Image
When Jesus was baptized by John, the heavens opened and the Dove descended upon Him. Immediately thereafter, that same Dove drove Him… — Lou Engle Copy Share Image
“This is the ancient secret. This is the cycle of life. Fasting follows feasting. Feasting follows fasting. Diets must be intermittent, not… — Jason Fung Copy Share Image
Fasting from any nourishment, activity, involvement or pursuit—for any season—sets the stage for God to appear. Fasting is not a tool to… — Dan B. Allender Copy Share Image
I desired as many as could to join together in fasting and prayer, that God would restore the spirit of love and… — John Wesley Copy Share Image
Whether the patient has a cardiac condition, hypertension, autoimmune disease, fibroids, or asthma, he or she must be informed that fasting and… — Joel Fuhrman Copy Share Image
Don't allow the enemies in your life to cause you to focus more on your appetite or circumstances than on the promises… — Jentezen Franklin Copy Share Image
“To tune truly in to the frequency of truth, theo-semioticians need a sound system; prayer as your subwoofer, fasting as your equalizer,… — Leonard Sweet Copy Share Image
Do you know what is better than charity and fasting and prayer? It is keeping peace and good relations between people, as… — Prophet Muhammad Copy Share Image
If you're having a difficult time making the best decision then consider fasting. Fasting is simply taking something you regularly do and… — Dan Black Copy Share Image
Laboratory tests are the next set of important numbers to know. Here are the key lab test numbers you need to know:… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
In a way, fasting is like the "calming of the monkey mind" effected by the rosary prayer: both are means of stilling… — Robert Barron Copy Share Image
You priests. You're all the same. You think fasting helps you think about God, when anyone who can cook would tell you… — Joanne Harris Copy Share Image
I would that ye should come unto Christ, who is the Holy One of Israel, and partake of his salvation, and the… — Joseph Smith, Jr Copy Share Image
Just as I came out into the rue, an omnibus came by - pas complet, so I sprang in, without that prayer… — Susan Hale Copy Share Image
There is an unseen sweetness in the stomach’s emptiness. We are lutes. When the sound box is filled, no music can come… — Rumi Copy Share Image
Even though the Olympics take place during Ramadan, some Muslim athletes said they will not fast during games. Then, after sampling the… — Conan O'Brien Copy Share Image
Having soon discovered to be great, I must appear so, and therefore studiously avoided mixing in society, and wrapped myself in mystery,… — Nat Turner Copy Share Image
TV presenting and acting is staffed almost entirely by people who go to bed hungry every evening slightly proud of that hunger… — Grace Dent Copy Share Image
Everyone has a doctor in him or her; we just have to help it in its work. The natural healing force within… — Hippocrates Copy Share Image
Then the Parson might preach, & drink, & sing, And we'd be as happy as birds in the spring; And modest dame… — William Blake Copy Share Image
By obedience a man is guarded against pride. Prayer is given for the sake of obedience. The grace of the Holy Spirit… — Silouan the Athonite 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
No act of virtue can be great if it is not followed by advantage for others. So, no matter how much time… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
I went through the same process when I sort of addressed in my practice cancer next, when I began all the veganism… — Brad Willis 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
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
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
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
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
“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
