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Fasting, as some people speculate, is not a bodily torture, martyrdom, or a cross, but it is a way to elevate the body to reach the level of cooperation with the soul. When we fast, our intention is not to torture the body but to shun its behaviour. Thus, one who fasts becomes a spiritual and not a physical person. Fasting is an ascetic soul which takes the body with it as its partner in asceticism. — Pope Shenouda III Of Alexandria

As temples of the Holy Spirit. we should have communion with the Holy Spirit. The work of any believer is not only the work of a human individual, but is actually the work of the Holy Spirit. — Pope Shenouda III

In the Lord's discourse on spiritual nourishment, we hear Him says: "Do not labor for the food which perishes, but for the food which endures to everlasting life." (John 6:27). He then continued by talking about the true bread from Heaven the bread of God, and the bread of life. (John 6:32-35). Here He appeals to the soul for its nourishment and our thoughts to the spiritual way so as not to occupy our minds with the body and its needs. — Pope Shenouda III Of Alexandria

We're not opposed to Catholics having pride in their church, but that doesn't mean that every church that doesn't join them isn't a church. — Pope Shenouda III

Homosexuality is against nature. Sexual expression is permitted only within marriage, between man and woman, male and female. Anything else is an abnormality and is against nature. — Pope Shenouda III

I think because I have great difficulty saying the word, 'no,' almost every day's a different adventure. — Richard Branson

If everyone got a divorce and looked for a second wife, the Coptic family would lose its moral compass. — Pope Shenouda III

Civil disobedience is not accepted by religion and the state does not accept it and there are many verses in the Holy Book that talk of following the ruler. — Pope Shenouda III

In the future, everybody will be anonymous for 15 minutes. — Banksy

Lawyer's anxiety about the fate of the most interesting cause has seldom spoiled either his sleep or digestion. — Walter Scott

Egypt is not a country we live in but a country that lives within us. — Pope Shenouda III

I don't like to go into the studio with all the songs worked out and planned before hand ... you've got to give the band something to use its imagination on as well. That can make a very ordinary song come alive into something totally different ... the X-factor - so important in rock and roll - which is the feel.. — Keith Richards

The world sees in our conduct, in our behaviour, the proof that we are the real children of God. — Pope Shenouda III

A Church without Youth is a Church without a future. Moreover, Youth without a Church is Youth without a future. — Pope Shenouda III Of Alexandria

I've always been comfortable thinking things through and doing it, more or less, my way. You can be as creative as you want, but if you're ... unwilling to work on the details, to see those put into action, then creativity is just dreams, or worse, hallucinations. — Aubrey McClendon

But, did the Divinity [of Christ] suffer? [ ... ] The holy fathers explained this point through the aforementioned clear example of the red-hot iron, it is the analogy equated for the Divine Nature which became united with the human nature. They explained that when the blacksmith strikes the red-hot iron, the hammer is actually striking both the iron and the fire united with it. The iron alone bends (suffers) whilst the fire is untouched though it bends with the iron. — Pope Shenouda III Of Alexandria

You don't extinguish fire by adding more fire, you need water. — Pope Shenouda III

It was funny how dad was more honest in a book that anyone in the world could pick up and read than he could be talking to me. Or maybe it was sad. One or the other. Sometimes it's hard to tell. — Gabrielle Zevin

When we do align with it, we thrive. And when we do not, we suffer. This is not "punishment." It is merely the Law of Cause and Effect. With each thought we think, we either align with universal love, or we disconnect ourselves from it. Whichever is our choice determines whether we then feel connected to, or disconnected, from our own true Selves. — Marianne Williamson

The severity of penalties is only a vain resource, invented by little minds in order to substitute terror for that respect which they have no means of obtaining. — Henri Rousseau

I love you, Vicki!" Kennedy slurs.
"I love you, Ken-ken!" Vicki returns.
Then Vicki pokes my shoulder. "And you! You take good care of my Kenny! Don't make me hafta kick (poke) yer (poke) ass (double poke)!"
I give her a nod. "The ass-kicking days are behind us now."
"Good! Then there's somethin' you should know." Vicki's expression sobers, and she gestures me closer before ruining the effect by whispering loudly, "Kennedy hasn't had an orgamsum . . . orgamsam . . . Kennedy hasn't come in a loooong time. Like, years. At least, not with a guy."
"Shhhhhhh!" Kennedy swats her best friend like a fly. "Tha's a secret!"
"Maybe Brent can help you wif it?"
I give Vicki the thumbs-up - and it's not the only thing that's up, that's for sure. — Emma Chase

The body and the soul join in doing the work of the soul, ie. praying, meditating, praising and coming in communion with God. — Pope Shenouda III Of Alexandria

Calm can solve all issues. — Pope Shenouda III

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. — Pope Shenouda III Of Alexandria

We all live inside bodies that will deteriorate. But when you look at human beings, they're capable of very decent things: love, loyalty. When time is running out, they don't care about possessions or status. They want to put things right if they've done wrong. — Kazuo Ishiguro

Ponder this the next time your world goes from calm to chaos ... . Jesus knows how you feel. — Max Lucado

The Coptic Church respects the law but it does not accept rulings that go against the Bible and our freedom of religion. — Pope Shenouda III

On the other hand, she was disproportionately indulgent towards the failings of men, and was often heard to say that these were natural. — George Eliot

Fasting is not bodily hunger but bodily elevation and purity. It is not a body that hungers and longs for food, but a body that rids itself of the desire to eat. Fasting is a time when the soul flourishes and lifts the body up with it. It rids the body of its loads and burdens and lifts it up so that God may work with it without impediment to the happiness of the spiritual entity. — Pope Shenouda III Of Alexandria

If were not foolish young, were foolish old. — Geoffrey Chaucer

What rights are there for homosexuals? The only right is to be led to repentance. To live in such defilement of the body, in such dishonour, in such abomination, while all the time asking for liberties the church cannot grant, is unbelievable. — Pope Shenouda III

Debating religious beliefs are a red line, a deep red line. — Pope Shenouda III