A Quote by Dorothy Osborne

Surfeits kill more than fasting does.

Dorothy Osborne

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Does Fasting More Than

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Dorothy Osborne
British - Writer
1627 - 1695

Work does not kill you, food does. God does not kill you, food does. Food is your first and last enemy. If you take in more than you can handle, it takes all of your energy to digest it.

Harbhajan Singh Yogi

We observe that in the scriptures, fasting almost always is linked with prayer. Without prayer, fasting is not complete fasting; it's simply going hungry.

Joseph B. Wirthlin

Krishna suprises Arjuna. He says go fight, go kill. Do this because it's only play money. You can't kill your friends any more than they can kill you.

Frederick Lenz

Fasting from any nourishment, activity, involvement or pursuit—for any season—sets the stage for God to appear. Fasting is not a tool to pry wisdom out of God's hands or to force needed insight about a decision. Fasting is not a tool for gaining discipline or developing piety (whatever that might be). Instead, fasting is the bulimic act of ridding ourselves of our fullness to attune our senses to the mysteries that swirl in and around us."—Dan B. Allender, PhD

Dan B. Allender

If you study the Talmud you please God even more than you do by praying or fasting.

Abraham Cahan

Fasting with a pure heart and motives, I have discovered, brings personal revival and adds power to our prayers. Personal revival occurs because fasting is an act of humility. Fasting gives opportunity for deeper humility as we recognize our sins, repent, receive God's forgiveness, and experience His cleansing of our soul and spirit. Fasting also demonstrates our love for God and our full confidence in His faithfulness.

Bill Bright

Prayer can come in only when fasting has done its work. It can make fasting easy and bearable.

Mahatma Gandhi

More people use guns to kill themselves than to kill others.

Steven Petrow

I just don't have the desire no more, I don't have the stomach to do it no more. I don't even kill insects in my house. I just don't kill anything no more. I used to kill pigeons, rip their heads off, 'You dirty rat pigeon!' I don't even have the heart to kill an animal no more. I just changed my whole life in general. That probably could have changed the way I fight.

Mike Tyson

Fasting, or intermittent fasting, gives us an opportunity to really get all the best cells all the time and that's what we all want.

Steven Gundry

The right of a nation to kill a tyrant in case of necessity can no more be doubted than to hang a robber, or kill a flea.

John Adams

He described to me how crocodiles kill more people than sharks. There are just a lot of things in Australia that can kill you.

Barack Obama

Cats kill far more birds than men. Why don't you have a slogan: 'Kill a cat and save a bird?'

Prince Philip

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

Temples are more than stone and mortar. They are filled with faith and fasting. They are built of trials and testimonies. They are sanctified by sacrifice and service.