Fasting Quotes

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I was a devil of a scapegrace in my time.... Father racked his head for days together to find a punishment that I should remember;… — Stijn Streuvels
Fasting is futile unless it is accompanied by an incessant longing for self-restraint. — Mahatma Gandhi
What is the benefit of fasting in our body while filling our souls with innumerable evils? He who does not play at dice, but spends… — Saint Basil
The principle of fasting is taught in almost all major world religions as a means of developing a higher level of self-mastery and self-control, and… — Stephen Covey
Laboratory tests are the next set of important numbers to know. Here are the key lab test numbers you need to know: Â Â 1. Complete blood… — Daniel Amen
He that lives upon hope will die fasting. — Benjamin Franklin
A fast is not a hunger strike. Fasting submits to God's commands. A hunger strike makes God submit to our demands. — Edwin Louis Cole
Down on your knees, and thank heaven, fasting, for a good man's love. — Euripides
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 a prayer mat. — Naguib Mahfouz
I am not naturally that thin, so I had to go through everything from using drugs to diet pills to laxatives to fasting. Those were… — Carre Otis
Over the centuries, mankind has tried many ways of combating the forces of evil... prayer, fasting, good works and so on. Up until Doom, no… — Terry Pratchett
The philosophy of fasting calls upon us to know ourselves, to master ourselves, and to discipline ourselves the better to free ourselves. To fast is… — Tariq Ramadan
We must master our egoism, and through this mastery, step outside ourselves and educate ourselves in giving. Fasting requires that we rediscover all that is… — Tariq Ramadan
Fasting is, first and foremost, an exercise for identifying and managing adversity in all its forms. With faith, in full conscience, fasting calls women and… — Tariq Ramadan
Instead of looking outside of ourselves and counting potential enemies, fasting summons us to turn our glance inward, and to take the measure of our… — Tariq Ramadan
Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement, is the holy of holies of Jewish time. It is that rarest of phenomena, a Jewish festival without food.… — Jonathan Sacks
Having soon discovered to be great, I must appear so, and therefore studiously avoided mixing in society, and wrapped myself in mystery, devoting my time… — Nat Turner
I would that ye should come unto Christ, who is the Holy One of Israel, and partake of his salvation, and the power of his… — Joseph Smith, Jr.
You're quite right there," he said. "I have practiced abstinence myself for years, and had my time of fasting, too, but now I find myself… — Hermann Hesse
In true marriage there must be a union of minds as well as of hearts. Emotions must not wholly determine decisions, but the mind and… — Spencer W. Kimball

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