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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
When we see everything in life as a game, we will be equally joyous when falling as we are when rising. If we can fully understand this – if we can see life as swinging on a swing – we will never fall apart when failure comes our way.
- A Spiritual Leader
I am so clever that sometimes I don't understand a single word of what I am saying.
- Oscar Wilde
People who cease to believe in God or goodness altogether still believe in the devil... Evil is always possible. And goodness is eternally difficult.
- Anne Rice
Worthless people live only to eat and drink; people of worth eat and drink only to live.
- Socrates
Nothing can be more abhorrent to democracy than to imprison a person or keep him in prison because he is unpopular. This is really the test of civilization.
- Winston S. Churchill
Loneliness and the feeling of being unwanted is the most terrible poverty.
- Mother Teresa
One way an author dies a little each day is when his books go out of print.
- William Goldman
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