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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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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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I hear Socrates saying that the best seasoning for food is
hunger; for drink, thirst.
[Lat., Socratem audio read more

I hear Socrates saying that the best seasoning for food is
hunger; for drink, thirst.
[Lat., Socratem audio dicentem, cibi condimentum essa famem,
potionis sitim.]

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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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Cruel as death, and hungry at the grave.

Cruel as death, and hungry at the grave.

by James Thomson (1) Found in: Hunger Quotes,
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He that lives upon hope will die fasting.

He that lives upon hope will die fasting.

by Benjamin Franklin Found in: Hunger Quotes,
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Truth isn't always beauty, but the hunger for it is.

Truth isn't always beauty, but the hunger for it is.

by Nadine Gordimer Found in: Hunger Quotes,
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I can't talk religion to a man with bodily hunger in his eyes.

I can't talk religion to a man with bodily hunger in his eyes.

by George Bernard Shaw Found in: Hunger Quotes,
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Hungry bellies have no cars.
[Fr., La ventre affame n'point d'oreilles.]

Hungry bellies have no cars.
[Fr., La ventre affame n'point d'oreilles.]

by Francois Rabelais Found in: Hunger Quotes,
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If your heart is full, you don't feel that hungry.

If your heart is full, you don't feel that hungry.

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