Fasting and the virtue of Moderation:
To forgo a thing completely is to prepare to forget it. If I never eat another piece of chocolate, I may forget all about chocolate, but I may also soon substitute something even mor e dangerous for its taste: drugs, consumerism, a hardened selfishness.
To do something commonly but to do it in right proportion, on the other hand, is to win the struggle with it every day.
To have one handful of salted peanuts, one piece of chocolate, one glass of wine in the midst of plenty, one car in a culture that counts its wealth in two-car garages, now that is mortification!
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