Logo
People said that man had changed: the weakness of people's health

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

No other quotes found from this author.
Other Quotes from
Fasting
category

One of my confreres sketched an explanation that attracted me: since the process of digestion is under the control of the brain, its cessation gave repose to the brain, allowed it a vacation. – Adalbert de Vogüé, To Love Fasting: The Monastic Experience

Category:
Fasting

The best of all medicines are rest and fasting. – Benjamin Franklin

Category:
Fasting

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

Category:
Fasting

Fasting is the first principle of medicine; fast and see the strength of the spirit reveal itself. – Rumi

Category:
Fasting

Random Quotes

To give yourself the best possible chance of playing to your potential, you must prepare for every eventuality. That means practice. – Seve Ballesteros

Category:
Practice

I seldom go into a natural history museum without feeling as if I were attending a funeral. – John Burroughs

Category:
History

Great dad. Yeah, he would ask me for money on birthdays and, you know, inappropriate times. And I just wrote him off like, Youre not a father. I just learned you cannot emotionally invest in people who are not attainable. – Drew Barrymore

Category:
dad

The virtue of paganism was strength the virtue of Christianity is obedience. – Augustus Hare

Category:
strength