He who buries his head deep into a nosebag full of food cannot hope to see the invisible world. — Al-Ghazali Copy Share Image
If you want to ascend like the Prophet to the sky of immortality, know this very well: Fasting is your Arabian stallion. — Rumi Copy Share Image
“Upavas' (fasting in the relative sense) means to dwell in One's real form as the Self (Swaroop) , to dwell in the… — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share Image
“Just as one goes on a fast or a body cleanse you owe it to yourselves to detox your mind, it will… — Aysha Taryam Copy Share Image
“The rewards of fasting ultimately lead to a more intimate and satisfying experience with the God who made me.” — Gary Rohrmayer Copy Share Image
Do not be misled by a person's prayers and fasting. [Instead] look [at their] sincerity and wisdom. — Umar Copy Share Image
Happy Fat Tuesday everyone! Indulge while you can, for we start fasting in the next few weeks to come. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Prayer can come in only when fasting has done its work. It can make fasting easy and bearable. — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
In true marriage there must be a union of minds as well as of hearts. Emotions must not wholly determine decisions, but… — Spencer W. Kimball Copy Share Image
The philosophy of fasting calls upon us to know ourselves, to master ourselves, and to discipline ourselves the better to free ourselves.… — Tariq Ramadan Copy Share Image
“After getting the body to fast, We [as the Self] should remain in Our upayog (applied awareness of the Self). The purpose… — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share Image
Get your mind right, get your spirit right, and get your body right. And keep it there. That requires working out; that… — Mya Copy Share Image
“Interestingly, I’ve seen the highest success rates with husbands and wives who try fasting together: the mutual support is a big help… — Jason Fung Copy Share Image
Juice fasting destroys your metabolic rate. I see a lot of women who are like, 'Oh, I lost seven pounds and then… — Tracy Anderson Copy Share Image
I was practicing intermittent fasting while I was in prison. My window of intermittent fasting was between 16 and 17 hours on… — Michael Sorrentino Copy Share Image
Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement, is the holy of holies of Jewish time. It is that rarest of phenomena, a Jewish… — Jonathan Sacks Copy Share Image
Therapeutic fasting is not a mystical or magical cure. It works because the body has within it the capacity to heal when… — Joel Fuhrman Copy Share Image
Don't let this Ramadan be just a holiday of rituals. Don't finish reading the Quran without it transforming you. Don't feed your… — Yasmin Mogahed Copy Share Image
“But it would be a great mistake to think that the awakening of desire for the Bridegroom would produce a wave of… — John Piper Copy Share Image
Therefore bread was created for the glory of Christ. Hunger and thirst were created for the glory of Christ. And fasting was… — John Piper 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
“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
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
(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
Being Muslim is more than just praying an fasting, you must be good from the heart as well and never cheat people. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
There is no virtue in penance and fasting which waste the body; they are only fanatical and monkish. — Immanuel Kant Copy Share Image
It's clearly more important to treat one's fellow man well than to be always praying and fasting and touching one's head to… — Naguib Mahfouz Copy Share Image
The Son of God fasted because He knew there were supernatural things that could only be released that way. — Jentezen Franklin Copy Share Image
When giving, praying, and fasting are practiced together in the life of a believer, it creates a type of threefold cord that… — Jentezen Franklin Copy Share Image
We observe that in the scriptures, fasting almost always is linked with prayer. Without prayer, fasting is not complete fasting; it's simply… — Joseph B. Wirthlin Copy Share Image
Fasting gives your body time to heal itself. It relieves nervousness and tension and gives your digestive system a rest. — Jentezen Franklin Copy Share Image
Fasting reduces the power of self so that the Holy Spirit can do a more intense work within us. — Bill Bright Copy Share Image
“Fasting is a weapon in a Christian's spiritual arsenal and you need to know when to use it” — Osunsakin Adewale Copy Share Image
Fasting stirs a hunger in your spirit that goes deeper than the temporary you experience in your flesh. — Jentezen Franklin Copy Share Image
“The irony of Ramadhan is that, after binging on buffets every morning and every evening, people usually gain weight during the month… — Nabeel Qureshi Copy Share Image
Many times the rewards of fasting come after the fast, though from time to time answers can come during the fast. — Jentezen Franklin Copy Share Image
Oh you who believe! Fasting is prescribed to you as it was prescribed to those before you, that you many learn piety… — Quran Copy Share Image
Fasting for Yom Kippur is pretty much the only time I wish I was eating Matzah on Passover. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
My religion teaches me that whenever there is distress which one cannot remove, one must fast and pray. — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
I go by my own body type when it comes to fasting, which means that I would not follow some general advice… — Riya Sen Copy Share Image
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