I often think the doctrine of fasting in Lent and having meatless days as old-fashioned...it might be better to give up television. — Michael Ramsey Copy Share Image
In a fast, the body tears down its defective parts and then builds anew when eating is resumed. — Herbert M. Shelton Copy Share Image
More caution and perhaps more restraint are necessary in breaking a fast than in keeping it. — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
It dawned upon me that fasting could be made as powerful a weapon of indulgence as of restraint — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Lower caloric exposure and episodic fasting can extend the life span of all animals, the longer we spend in the catabolic state,… — Joel Fuhrman Copy Share Image
One of the reasons intermittent fasting can work is that it reconnects you with what hunger feels like. — Chris Mohr Copy Share Image
“Always work and take productive actions, do not rely on prayers and fasting alone” — Sunday Adelaja Copy Share Image
Good Friday. Way of the Cross. Fasting and abstinence. Examine conscience. Have a really blessed day. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The month of fasting has come, the emperor's banner has arrived, withhold your hand from food, the spirit's table has arrived. The… — Rumi Copy Share Image
“True fasting is not just depriving ourselves of privilege but als osharing sacrificially tob ring an end to the cycles of inequality,… — Shane Claiborne Copy Share Image
I commit her to memory. When I'm alone, I feel a strange yearning, the hunger of a man fasting not because he… — Mohsin Hamid Copy Share Image
“One who is new to fasting can begin by skipping a meal during the day. From there a person can move onto… — Joshua Eagle Copy Share Image
“The discipline gave me a sense of achievement. Not least, fasting is a test of willpower and, whenever I felt my willpower… — Kristiane Backer Copy Share Image
The people that I grew up with had no problem with my faith. They did, however, seem very concerned that I would… — Maysoon Zayid Copy Share Image
“Whether we are feasting or fasting or somewhere in between, food should have a sacred role in our lives. It can be… — Mary DeTurris Poust Copy Share Image
“When I walk in the forest just before the meal, while reciting the scriptural phrase that I "meditate" for that day, spiritual… — Adalbert De Vogue 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
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 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
“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
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
“Just as ceremonial fasting was a legitimate means for getting God's attention (Mt 6:16-18; Ac 13:2-3; 14:23), the casting of lots was… — Michael Ben Zehabe Copy Share Image
“If you want to live long, sleep more and eat less. ... Intermittent fasting was associated with more than a 40 percent… — Christopher Ryan Copy Share Image
The man who never fasts is no more in the way to heaven than the man who never prays. — John Wesley Copy Share Image
There are some who died because they were fasting, and they were crammed in tight. — Thaksin Shinawatra Copy Share Image
The body and the soul join in doing the work of the soul, ie. praying, meditating, praising and coming in communion with… — Pope Shenouda III of Alexandria Copy Share Image
Believe it or not, when you fast in the Spirit, God makes you more equipped to deal with hunger, irritability, and temptation. — Monica Johnson Copy Share Image
Fasting deprives us of things that are not good so we can have enough appetite for the good things of God. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Fasting, or intermittent fasting, gives us an opportunity to really get all the best cells all the time and that's what we… — Steven Gundry Copy Share Image
Fasting reminds us that we are sustained by every word that proceeds from the mouth of God (Matt. 4:4). Food does not… — Richard J. Foster 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
When you faithfully follow the three duties of a Christian, God rewards you openly. — Jentezen Franklin Copy Share Image
Fasting and natural diet, though essentially unknown as a therapy, should be the first treatment when someone discovers that he or she… — Joel Fuhrman Copy Share Image
“Dad‟s joke was that people usually put on weight during Ramazan rather than loose it due to one-month of fasting.” — Raj Doctor Copy Share Image
“Religious fasting is the best way to cure an anorexic's spirit: in heaven her condition will be normal.” — Bauvard 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
The discipline of fasting releases the anointing, the favor, and the blessing of God in the life of a Christian. — Jentezen Franklin Copy Share Image
Fasting is the first principle of medicine; fast and see the strength of the spirit reveal itself. — Rumi Copy Share Image
If a fly gets into the throat of one who is fasting, it is not necessary to pull it out. — Ruhollah Khomeini Copy Share Image
