Keeping oneself hungry is the most beneficial cure
التَّجَوُّعُ أَنْفَعُ الدَّوَاءِ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
Decrease your [consumption of] food and your ailments will reduce
أَقْلِلْ طَعَاماً تُقْلِلْ سَقَاماً
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
Fitness of the body is [in] abstinence from [harmful] foods
صَلَاحُ الْبَدَنِ الْحِمْيَةُ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
Eating less prevents many maladies of the body
قِلَّةُ الْأَكْلِ يَمْنَعُ كَثِيراً مِنَ أَعْلَالِ الْجِسْمِ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
Eating less food is more honorable for the soul and makes good health last longer
قِلَّةُ الْغِذَاءِ أَكْرَمُ لِلنَّفْسِ وَأَدْوَمُ لِلصِّحَّةِ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
Whoever eats less, his aches [and ailments] are reduced
مَنْ قَلَّ طَعَامُهُ قَلَّتْ آلَامُهُ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
Whoever eats less, his thoughts become pure
مَنْ قَلَّ أَكْلُهُ صَفَى فِكْرُهُ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
Whoever consumes less, [the burden of] his sustenance is lightened
مَنْ قَلَّتْ [خقت] طُعْمَتُهُ خَفَّتْ عَلَيْهِ مَئُونَتُهُ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
One who restricts his eating, his health improves and his thoughts become righteous
مَنِ اقْتَصَرَ فِي أَكْلِهِ كَثُرَتْ صِحَّتُهُ وَصَلَحَتْ فِكْرَتُهُ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
One who cannot patiently bear the agony of abstinence [from food], his sickness will be prolonged
مَنْ لَمْ يَصْبِرْ عَلَى مَضَضِ الْحِمْيَةِ طَالَ سُقْمُهُ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
The best condiment is hunger
نِعْمَ الْإِدَامُ الْجُوعُ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
How good an assistant of piety hunger is!
نِعْمَ عَوْنُ الْوَرَعِ التَّجَوُّعُ [الْقُنُوعُ]
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech
How good an assistant in cutting down the [desires of the carnal] self and breaking its [bad] habits hunger is!
نِعْمَ الْعَوْنُ عَلَى أَشَرِ [أَسْرِ] النَّفْسِ وَكَسْرِ عَادَتِهَا التَّجَوُّعُ
Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech