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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.
A hungry people listens not to reason, not cares for justice, nor
is bent by any prayers.
[Lat., read more
A hungry people listens not to reason, not cares for justice, nor
is bent by any prayers.
[Lat., Nec rationem patitur, nec aequitate mitigatur nec ulla
prece flectitur, populus esuriens.]
The pathos of man is that he hungers for personal fulfillment and for a sense of community with others.
The pathos of man is that he hungers for personal fulfillment and for a sense of community with others.
Hunger knows no friend but its feeder.
Hunger knows no friend but its feeder.
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.
"Bread that this house may never know hunger, salt that life may always have flavor."
"Bread that this house may never know hunger, salt that life may always have flavor."
If you can't feed a hundred people, then just feed one.
If you can't feed a hundred people, then just feed one.
Oliver Twist has asked for more.
Oliver Twist has asked for more.
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.
