Liane Moriarty Quotes

I like when people give up chocolate for Lent. Ooh, just like being nailed to a cross.

Fasting is futile unless it is accompanied by an incessant longing for self-restraint.

I get a little behind during Lent, but it comes out even at Christmas.

I often think the doctrine of fasting in Lent and having meatless days as old-fashioned...it might be better to give up television.

Went to church and fasted all day.

The man who never fasts is no more in the way to heaven than the man who never prays.

The principle of fasting is taught in almost all major world religions as a means of developing a higher level of self-mastery and self-control, and also a deeper awareness of how really dependent we are.

Start the practice of self-control with some penance; begin with fasting.

Abstainer: a weak person who yields to the temptation of denying himself a pleasure.

He who is a slave to his stomach seldom worships God.

I had to give up martinis - I enjoyed them too much.

The hardest thing is to take less when you can get more.

If you deprive yourself of something, you're going to want it more.

Dogme is like leading a religious life, in that you are freeing yourself from making certain choices. It makes life easier.

In the Catholic tradition, the idea of giving something up on a Friday - the act of self denial - has always been tied with being generous to those in need.

In anything, there has to be that moment of fasting, really, in order to enjoy the feast.

It's not easy not to play.

I am not a person who believes in austerity or denial.

In an age where overindulgence seems to be the norm, I can't help but look back and feel thankful that my parents chose to hold out on giving me everything that I wanted growing up.

Lent is a good time for sacrificing. Let us deny ourselves something every day to help others.

There cannot be self-restraint in the absence of desire: when there is no adversary, what avails thy courage? Hark, do not castrate thyself, do not become a monk: chastity depends on the existence of lust.

Refrain to-night; And that shall lend a kind of easiness To the next abstinence, the next more easy; For use almost can change the stamp of nature, And either master the devil or throw him out With wondrous potency.

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.

What rapture, oh, it is to know A good thing when you see it And having seen a good thing, oh, What rapture 'tis to flee it.