Adalbert De Vogue Quotes

#1. The discrepancy between the modern observance and the prescriptions of the Rule had struck me ever since the novitiate, and no satisfactory explanation had ever been given to me. People said that man had changed: the weakness of people's health no longer allows us to fast. Was it true?

Adalbert De Vogue

#2. In the afternoon the digestion of the meal deprives me of the incomparable lightness which characterizes the fast days.

Adalbert De Vogue

#3. When I walk in the forest just before the meal, while reciting the scriptural phrase that I "meditate" for that day, spiritual joy comes over me as if by appointment.

Adalbert De Vogue

#4. Eating three times a day means takingon, almost without respite, the work of assimilation.

Adalbert De Vogue

#5. One of my confreres sketched an explanation that attracted me: since the process of digestion is under the control of the brain, its cessation gave repose to the brain, allowed it a vacation.

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#6. Fasting gives me singularly happy afternoons.

Adalbert De Vogue

#7. When a person eats shortly before going to bed, digestion accompanies sleep. The two great physiological functions are completed together, leaving the maximum of freedom to the mind during the day.

Adalbert De Vogue