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
Sufism has always had the function of purifying Islamic ethics and that fasting and tazkiya is like lighting a lamp. — Seyyed Hossein Nasr 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
Like most things of great worth, knowledge which is of eternal value comes only through personal prayer and pondering. These, joined with… — Boyd K. Packer 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
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
We live unto Him, so committing our service to the Lord is the first and foremost priority of our lives. We can… — Monica Johnson 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
“In the afternoon the digestion of the meal deprives me of the incomparable lightness which characterizes the fast days.” — Adalbert De Vogue Copy Share Image
Quit playing, start praying. Quit feasting, start fasting. Talk less with men, talk more with God. Listen less to men, listen to… — Leonard Ravenhill Copy Share Image
Fasting and feasting are universal human responses, and any meal, shared with love, can be an agape. — Elise M. Boulding Copy Share Image
Fasting is, first and foremost, an exercise for identifying and managing adversity in all its forms. With faith, in full conscience, fasting… — Tariq Ramadan Copy Share Image
Join a company of young men and women who have made a covenant by sacrifice to turn a nation through united massive… — Lou Engle Copy Share Image
“I won't be stuck in traffic 'til I see how rugged my path is And right now I'm loving how fast my… — Criss Jami Copy Share Image
You train your heart to control your body. That's what you do when you fast. — Nouman Ali Khan Copy Share Image
If you want to know the religion of a man, do not look at how much he prays and fasts, rather, look… — Ja'far al-Sadiq Copy Share Image
`Freedom` means freedom from the mind. Then you are simply in a silence, and in that silence you melt, you merge with… — Rajneesh Copy Share Image
More caution and perhaps more restraint are necessary in breaking a fast than in keeping it. — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
Three duties of every Christian are giving, praying, and fasting. — Jentezen Franklin Copy Share Image
The doctors of antiquity have affirmed that love is a passion that resembles a melancholy disease. The physician Rasis prescribed, therefore, in… — Marsilio Ficino Copy Share Image
Fasting gives you confidence to know that your spirit can master appetite . . . and helps to protect against later uncontrolled… — Russell M. Nelson 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 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
