Down on your knees, and thank heaven, fasting, for a good man's love. Euripides
If a man has nothing to eat, fasting is the most intelligent thing he can do. Hermann Hesse
A fast is not a hunger strike. Fasting submits to God's commands. A hunger strike makes God submit to our demands. Edwin Louis Cole
Having soon discovered to be great, I must appear so, and therefore studiously avoided mixing in society, and wrapped myself in mystery, devoting my time to fasting and prayer. Nat Turner