“The discrepancy between the modern observance and the prescriptions of the Rule had struck me ever since the novitiate, and no satisfactory explanation had ever been given to me. People said that man had changed: the weakness of people's health… — Adalbert De Vogue Copy Share Image
“When a person eats shortly before going to bed, digestion accompanies sleep. The two great physiological functions are completed together, leaving the maximum of… — Adalbert De Vogue Copy Share Image
“The discrepancy between the modern observance and the prescriptions of the Rule had struck me ever since the novitiate, and no satisfactory explanation had… — Adalbert De Vogue Copy Share Image
“In fact, according to physicians, the functioning of the digestion depends less on the brain than on hormonal mechanisms and autoregulators. However, during a… — Adalbert De Vogue 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 joy comes… — Adalbert De Vogue 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 outside world.” — Adalbert De Vogue 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
“One of my confreres sketched an explanation that attracted me: since the process of digestion is under the control of the brain, its cessation… — Adalbert De Vogue Copy Share Image
“Eating three times a day means takingon, almost without respite, the work of assimilation.” — Adalbert De Vogue Copy Share Image
