Quotes About Nourishment

When I was hungry I fed almost daily on the words of her songs.

This [the Lord's Supper] is a strange meal indeed, in which Jesus is the host and also the guest and also the food.

Tea and water give each other life,' the Professor was saying. 'The tea is still alive. This tea has tea and water vitality.

My body wasn't something to be starved or cut or filled with booze until I blacked out; it was something to be taken care of.

He had the kind of character in which prudence is a vice, and good advice the most dangerous nourishment.

Sweat and blood and health and youth go into every cabbage. Did you know that, Julie? One doesn't despise them as food, knowing that.

The interior joy we feel when we have done a good deed is the nourishment the soul requires.

Water is life's matter and matrix, mother and medium. There is no life without water

Water is life's mater and matrix, mother and medium. There is no life without water

Là, in quelle solitudini infinite, lui, eremita contumace, aveva imparato a stimare la compagnia degli esseri umani, aveva compreso i cani sempre ansiosi della presenza del padrone, aveva scoperto che l'altro è una forma di nutrimento, che l'uomo senza l'uomo muore di fame spirituale.

It's not about exact measurements or ingredients', shrugged Lomax, when Joseph complained. 'Good food is about feeling. Cooking is an art, not a science. You got to have soul to feed people right.' He smiled. 'That's what this is. Soul food.

granddaughter, eliciting a round of laughter. "Do you want more food, YiaYia?" asked her granddaughter

Centuries of secularism have failed to transform eating into something strictly utilitarian. Food is still treated with reverence...To eat is still something more than to maintain bodily functions. People may not understand what that 'something more' is, but they nonetheless desire to celebrate it. They are still hungry and thirsty for sacramental life.

For one who thinks food in itself is the source of life, eating is the communion with the dying world, it is communion with death. Food itself is dead, it is life that has died and it must be kept in refrigerators like a corpse.

In the Bible the food that man eats, the world of which he must partake in order to live, is given to him by God, and it is given as communion with God.

At no other time has Nature concentrated such a wealth of valuable nourishment into such a small space as in the cocoa bean.

As comestibles nourish our bodies and ideas nourish our minds, so art nourishes our souls.

Wir waren 7 hungrige Mäuler, und wenn es nichts zu essen gab, hat er uns Geschichten erzählt. Man wird nicht satt davon, aber man vergißt." S.22

He will be like a tree firmly planted by streams of water, which yields its fruit in its season and its leaf does not wither; and in whatever he does, he prospers. Psalm 1:3

I credit my grandmother for teaching me to love and respect food. She taught me how to waste nothing, to make sure I used every bit of the chicken and boil the bones till no flavor could be extracted from them.

I eat everything. I love it! I couldn't deny myself food. What a waste of a life.

Many people think spending an hour or two in the kitchen is a waste of time. But it is a good investment in your spiritual development.

I have tried so many fad diets, I've wasted so much time looking for a solution when it was right in front of me all along - take care of yourself, nourish your body, surround yourself with good people - you will feel good and will shine in all that you do.

Is there any practice less selfish, any time less wasted than preparing something nourishing and delicious for the people you love?