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Fasting in the monastic community is considered an ascetic practice, a “dhutanga” practice. Dhutanga means “to shake up” or “invigoration”. The Buddha, as is well known, emphasized moderation, the Middle Way that avoids extremes, in all things. Fasting is an additional method that one can take up, with supervision, for a time.
- A Spiritual Leader
All men are children, and of one family. The same tale sends them all to bed, and wakes them in the morning.
- Henry David Thoreau
Men become civilized, not in proportion to their willingness to believe, but in proportion to their readiness to doubt.
- Ambrose Bierce
The meteorites of 1908 and 1947 had struck uninhabited wilderness; but by the end of the 21st century there was no region left on Earth that could be safely used for celestial target practice.
- Arthur C. Clarke
Fashion has the power to magically transform you;
when you look good, you feel good.
- Dana Maulana
You can safely assume you've created God in your own image when it turns out that God hates all the same people you do.
- Anne Lamott
Rhythm is something you either have or don't have, but when you have it, you have it all over.
- Elvis Presley
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