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    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.

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Our lives are to be used and thus to be lived as fully as possible, and truly it seems that read more

Our lives are to be used and thus to be lived as fully as possible, and truly it seems that we are never so alive as when we concern ourselves with other people.

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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.

by Mary Ritter Beard Found in: Hunger Quotes,
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Hunger that persuades to evil.
[Lat., Malesuada fames.]

Hunger that persuades to evil.
[Lat., Malesuada fames.]

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Hunger is insolent, and will be fed.

Hunger is insolent, and will be fed.

by Homer Found in: Hunger Quotes,
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There are so many hungry people that God cannot appear to them except in the form of bread.

There are so many hungry people that God cannot appear to them except in the form of bread.

by Corita Kent Found in: Hunger Quotes,
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I would hurl words into this darkness and wait for an echo, and if an echo sounded, no matter how read more

I would hurl words into this darkness and wait for an echo, and if an echo sounded, no matter how faintly, I would send other words to tell, to march, to fight, to create a sense of hunger for life that gnaws in us all.

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Come, our stomachs
Will make what's homely savory.

Come, our stomachs
Will make what's homely savory.

by William Shakespeare Found in: Hunger Quotes,
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They that die by famine die by inches.

They that die by famine die by inches.

by Matthew (mathew) Henry Found in: Hunger Quotes,
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Hunger is the handmaid of genius

Hunger is the handmaid of genius

by Mark Twain Found in: Hunger Quotes,
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