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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.
If you can't feed a hundred people, then just feed one.
If you can't feed a hundred people, then just feed one.
Enough is as good as a feast.
Enough is as good as a feast.
Bid the hungry Greek go to heaven, he will go.
[Lat., Graeculus esuriens in coelum, jusseris, ibit.]
Bid the hungry Greek go to heaven, he will go.
[Lat., Graeculus esuriens in coelum, jusseris, ibit.]
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.
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.]
Oliver Twist has asked for more.
Oliver Twist has asked for more.
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.
He that lives upon hope will die fasting.
He that lives upon hope will die fasting.
