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Eating three times a day means taking on, almost without respite,

Eating three times a day means taking on, almost without respite, the work of assimilation. – Adalbert de Vogüé, To Love Fasting: The Monastic Experience

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What is the benefit of fasting in our body while filling our souls with innumerable evils? – Basil

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Fasting cleanses the soul, raises the mind, subjects one’s flesh to the spirit, renders the heart contrite and humble, scatters the clouds of concupiscence, quenches the fire of lust, and kindles the true light of chastity. Enter again into yourself. – Augustine of Hippo

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He who buries his head deep into a nosebag full of food cannot hope to see the invisible world. – Al-Ghazali

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Fasting strengthens control over our appetites, thus contributing to self-mastery. – George Romney

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