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People said that man had changed: the weakness of people’s health no longer allows us to fast. Was it true? – Adalbert de Vogüé, To Love Fasting: The Monastic Experience

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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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To lengthen thy life, lessen thy meals. – Benjamin Franklin

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When the stomach is full, it is easy to talk of fasting. – St. Jerome

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What the eyes are for the outer world, fasts are for the inner. – Mahatma Gandhi

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