Fasting Quotes

166 quotes by 97 authors

Periodic fasting can help clear up the mind and strengthen the body and the spirit. — Ezra Taft Benson
To become grateful, I must learn that I can handle disappointment and delayed gratification with grace and perseverance. This is why practices such as fasting… — John Ortberg
`Freedom` means freedom from the mind. Then you are simply in a silence, and in that silence you melt, you merge with the whole. And… — Rajneesh
Fasting is the first principle of medicine. — Rumi
Eid is a time of joy, after a season of fasting and prayer and reflection. Each year, the end of Ramadan means celebration and thanksgiving… — George W. Bush
The philosopher is like a man fasting in the midst of universal intoxication. He alone perceives the illusion of which all creatures are the willing… — Henri Frederic Amiel
Do you fast? Then feed the hungry, give drink to the thirsty, visit the sick, do not forget the imprisoned, have pity on the tortured,… — Saint John Chrysostom
The goal of fasting is inner unity. — Thomas Merton
Prayer, fasting, vigils, and all other Christian practices, however good they may be in themselves, certainly do not constitute the aim of our Christian life:… — Seraphim of Sarov
To discipline ourselves through fasting brings us in tune with God, and fast day provides an occasion to set aside the temporal so that we… — Howard W. Hunter
There are some who died because they were fasting, and they were crammed in tight. — Thaksin Shinawatra
It dawned upon me that fasting could be made as powerful a weapon of indulgence as of restraint — Mahatma Gandhi
Satisfaction consists in the cutting off of the causes of the sin. Thus, fasting is the proper antidote to lust; prayer to pride, to envy,… — Richard of Chichester
Let God's grace be the mosque, and devotion the prayer mat. Let the Quran be the good conduct. Let modesty be compassion, good manners fasting,… — Guru Nanak
Fasting is the greatest remedy-- the physician within. — Paracelsus
Like most things of great worth, knowledge which is of eternal value comes only through personal prayer and pondering. These, joined with fasting and scripture… — Boyd K. Packer
Therapeutic fasting is not a mystical or magical cure. It works because the body has within it the capacity to heal when the obstacles to… — Joel Fuhrman
Whether the patient has a cardiac condition, hypertension, autoimmune disease, fibroids, or asthma, he or she must be informed that fasting and natural, plant-based diets… — Joel Fuhrman
The law of the fast benefits both those who fast and those who stand in need. . . . In addition to providing the means… — Victor L. Brown
In vain do we seek tranquility in the desert; temptations are always with us; our passions, represented by the demons, never let us alone: those… — Baron de Montesquieu

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