Quotes by Fasting It dawned upon me that fasting could be made as powerful a weapon of indulgence as of restraint Mahatma Gandhi fastingpowerfulweapons Prayer can come in only when fasting has done its work. It can make fasting easy and bearable. Mahatma Gandhi fastingdoneprayer 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 fastinggiving-upthinking 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 to fasting and prayer. Nat Turner mixingfastingprayer Fasting is the greatest remedy-- the physician within. Paracelsus remedyphysiciansfasting The body and the soul join in doing the work of the soul, ie. praying, meditating, praising and coming in communion with God. Pope Shenouda III of Alexandria fastingbodysoul No act of virtue can be great if it is not followed by advantage for others. So, no matter how much time you spend fasting, no matter how much you sleep on a hard floor and eat ashes and sigh continually, if you do no good to others, you do nothing great. Pope Francis fastingashessleep I fast for greater physical and mental efficiency Plato efficiencyfastinggreater Fasting makes sense if it really chips away at our security and, as a consequence, benefits someone else, if it helps us cultivate the style of the good Samaritan, who bent down to his brother in need and took care of him. Pope Francis fastingstylebrother Fasting reminds us that we are sustained by every word that proceeds from the mouth of God (Matt. 4:4). Food does not sustain us; God sustains us. Richard J. Foster fastingmouthsdoe If a fly gets into the throat of one who is fasting, it is not necessary to pull it out. Ruhollah Khomeini throatfastingifs Fasting gives you confidence to know that your spirit can master appetite . . . and helps to protect against later uncontrolled cravings and gnawing habits. Russell M. Nelson fastingspiritgiving Fasting of the body is food for the soul. Saint John Chrysostom fastingbodysoul Fasting is a medicine. Saint John Chrysostom fastingmedicine If you want to ascend like the Prophet to the sky of immortality, know this very well: Fasting is your Arabian stallion. Rumi fastingwantsky The kitchen of the body darkens the lives of lovers. Fasting came to enlighten them. Rumi kitchenfastingbody Sufism has always had the function of purifying Islamic ethics and that fasting and tazkiya is like lighting a lamp. Seyyed Hossein Nasr lampsfastingislamic Just as I came out into the rue, an omnibus came by - pas complet, so I sprang in, without that prayer and fasting which should chasten the mind before risking it in a French omnibus. Susan Hale fastingprayermind 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 to identify our dependencies, and free ourselves from them. Tariq Ramadan fastingdisciplinephilosophy 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 alive around us, and reconcile ourselves with our environment. Tariq Ramadan masteryfastinggiving«123456»
