Fasts Quotes
17 quotes by 12 authors
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The true aim of our Christian life consists in the acquisition of the Holy Spirit of God. As for fasts, and vigils, and prayer, and…
— Seraphim of Sarov
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Every winter, When the great sun has turned his face away, The earth goes down into a vale of grief, And fasts, and weeps, and…
— Charles Kingsley
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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
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Lenten fasts make me feel better, stronger, and more active than ever.
— Catherine of Genoa
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The observances of the church concerning feasts and fasts are tolerably well kept, since the rich keep the feasts and the poor the fasts.
— Philip Sidney
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Speaking biologically, fruit in a slightly shriveled state is holding its respiration and energy consumption down to the lowest possible level. It is like a…
— Masanobu Fukuoka
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Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) said: By his good character a believer will attain the degree of one who prays during the night and…
— Abu Dawood
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Periodic fasts are necessary to flush out the poisons.
— Jentezen Franklin
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There is a prophetic release that occurs in a church or an individual who fasts continually for forty days.
— Jentezen Franklin
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Every man, therefore, who expects justification by works, must see to it, not that he is better than other men, or that he is very…
— Charles Hodge
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Fasts and vigils, the study of Scripture, renouncing possessions and everything worldly are not in themselves perfection, as we have said; theyare its tools. For…
— John Cassian
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What the eyes are for the outer world, fasts are for the inner.
— Mahatma Gandhi
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The soul cannot be humbled by fasts and prayer; it must be broken by mortal sin to experience forgiveness of sin and rise to a…
— Willa Cather
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Every living soul among the Latter-day Saints that fasts two meals once a month will be benefited spiritually and be built up in the faith…
— Heber J. Grant
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Every Winter, When the great sun has turned his face away, The earth goes down into a vale of grief, And fasts, and weeps, and…
— Charles Kingsley
Who Wrote These Fasts Quotes
12 authors contributed a total of 17 Fasts Quotes as follows: