Fasting Quotes - Page 9

• 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, anger and sloth; alms to covetousness.

  Richard of Chichester

  Prayer, Pride, Cutting

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• I have decided to proclaim for the whole Church... a day of fasting and prayer for peace in Syria, the Middle East, and throughout the world, and I also invite each person, including our fellow Christians, followers of other religions and all men of good will, to participate, in whatever way they can, in this initiative.

  Pope Francis

  Christian, Prayer, Men

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• I commit her to memory. When I'm alone, I feel a strange yearning, the hunger of a man fasting not because he believes but because he's ashamed. Not the cleansing hunger of the devout, but the feverish hunger of the hypocrite. I let her go every evening only because there's nothing I can do to stop her.

  Mohsin Hamid

  Memories, Believe, Hypocrite

  Mohsin Hamid (2000). “Moth Smoke”, p.203, Penguin Books India

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• 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 for millions of Americans. And your joy during this season enriches the life of our great country. This year, Eid is celebrated at the same time as Hanukkah and Advent. So it's a good time for people of these great faiths, Islam, Judaism and Christianity, to remember how much we have in common: devotion to family, a commitment to care for those in need, a belief in God and His justice, and the hope for peace on earth.

  George W. Bush

  Country, Prayer, Inspiration

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• There are some who died because they were fasting, and they were crammed in tight.

  Thaksin Shinawatra

  Died

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• 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, you should be a Muslim the like of this. Let good deeds be your Kaaba and truth be your mentor. Your Kalma be your creed and prayer, God would then vindicate your honour.

  Guru Nanak

  Letting Go, Prayer, Compassion

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• Many times the rewards of fasting come after the fast, though from time to time answers can come during the fast.

  Jentezen Franklin

  Answers, Rewards

  Jentezen Franklin (2011). “Fasting Journal: Your Personal 21-Day Guide to a Successful Fast”, p.105, Charisma Media

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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 perfection is not to be found in them; it is acquired through them. It is useless, therefore, to boast of our fasting, vigils, poverty, and reading of Scripture when we have not achieved the love of God and our fellow men. Whoever has achieved love has God within himself and his intellect is always with God.

  John Cassian

  Christian, Reading, Men

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• The doctors of antiquity have affirmed that love is a passion that resembles a melancholy disease. The physician Rasis prescribed, therefore, in order to recover, coitus, fasting, drunkenness, and walking.

  Marsilio Ficino

  Passion, Journey, Love Is

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• Fasting was good for the imagination but bad for logic.

  Josephine Tey

  Imagination, Logic

  Josephine Tey (2012). “A Shilling for Candles”, p.119, Simon and Schuster

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• Yes, fasting is not merely a commandment from God but a godly gift, a grace and a blessing. God the creator of our body and soul knows of our need to fast for its benefit for our spiritual life, development and our eternity. He granted us the knowledge and manner of fasting. As a kind Father and a wise Teacher, He has recommended fasting for us.

  Pope Shenouda III of Alexandria

  Wise, Spiritual, Teacher

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• 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

  Soul, Body, Praying

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• 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 might enjoy the higher qualities of the spiritual. As we fast on that day we learn and better understand the needs of those who are less fortunate.

  Howard W. Hunter

  Spiritual, Learning, Discipline

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