Fasting Quotes

There are some who died because they were fasting, and they were crammed in tight. - Thaksin Shinawatra

Then the king went to his palace, and passed the night fasting: neither were instruments of musick brought before him: and his sleep went from him. - Bible

The philosopher is like a man fasting in the midst of universal intoxication. He alone perceives the illusion of which all creatures are the willing playthings; he is less duped than his neighbor by his own nature. He judges more sanely, he sees things as they are. It is in this that his liberty consists / in the ability to see clearly and soberly, in the power of mental record. - Henri Frederic Amiel

The earth shall quake before them; the heavens shall tremble: the sun and the moon shall be dark, and the stars shall withdraw their shining: / And the LORD shall utter his voice before his army: for his camp is very great: for he is strong that executeth his word: for the day of the LORD is great and very terrible; and who can abide it? / Therefore also now, saith the LORD, turn ye even to me with all your heart, and with fasting, and with weeping, and with mourning: / And rend your heart, and not your garments, and turn unto the LORD your God: for he is gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and of great kindness, and repenteth him of the evil. - Bible

The candidate was required to prepare himself by confession, fasting, and passing the night in prayer. - Horatio Alger

The best of all medicines is resting and fasting. - Benjamin Franklin

Thank heaven, fasting, for a good man's love: For I must tell you friendly in your ear, - Sell when you can: you are not for all markets. - William Shakespeare

Surely the men who submit and the women who submit, and the believing men and the believing women, and the obeying men and the obeying women, and the truthful men and the truthful women, and the patient men and the patient women and the humble men and the humble women, and the almsgiving men and the almsgiving women, and the fasting men and the fasting women, and the men who guard their private parts and the women who guard, and the men who remember Allah much and the women who remember-- Allah has prepared for them forgiveness and a mighty reward. - Quran

Shall I not inform you of a better act than fasting, alms, and prayers? Making peace between one another: enmity and malice tear up heavenly rewards by the roots. - Muhammad