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Virtue consists, not in abstaining from vice, but in not desiring it.
- George Bernard Shaw
Heaven deliver us, what's a poet? Something that can't go to bed without making a song about it.
- Dorothy L. Sayers
One of the penalties for refusing to participate in politics is that you end up being governed by your inferiors.
- Plato
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
Those with indomitable spirit are the real successes in life. If you can so train or condition your mind that you are content regardless of what you have or do not have, and if you can stand the challenge of all your trials and remain calm, that is true happiness.
- A Spiritual Leader
Has a man the right to kill himself? Yes, if his death harms no one and if life is an evil to him.
- Napoleon Bonaparte
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