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The belly is the teacher of art and the bestower of genius.
[Lat., Magister artis ingeniique largitor venter.]
The belly is the teacher of art and the bestower of genius.
[Lat., Magister artis ingeniique largitor venter.]
He that lives upon hope will die fasting.
He that lives upon hope will die fasting.
Viewed narrowly, all life is universal hunger and the expression of energy associated with it.
Viewed narrowly, all life is universal hunger and the expression of energy associated with it.
At the working man's house hunger looks in but dares not enter.
At the working man's house hunger looks in but dares not enter.
Hunger is the handmaid of genius
Hunger is the handmaid of genius
The hunger for love is much more difficult to remove than the
hunger for bread.
The hunger for love is much more difficult to remove than the
hunger for bread.
Uncontrolled, the hunger and thirst after God may become an obstacle, cutting off the soul from what it desires. If read more
Uncontrolled, the hunger and thirst after God may become an obstacle, cutting off the soul from what it desires. If a man would travel far along the mystic road, he must learn to desire God intensely but in stillness, passively and yet with all his heart and mind and strength.
It is difficult to spear to the belly, because it has no ears.
It is difficult to spear to the belly, because it has no ears.
A hungry man is not a free man.
A hungry man is not a free man.
