Quotes About Nourishment

I celebrate breastfeeding. I think women should be able to do it in public. I will stand arm in arm for women's rights to do it.

To me, that aspect of life that most touches the everyday and celebrations is food.

In the wintertime I like macaroni and cheese.

As a chef, I feel that it is my duty to make the most of what the earth gives us.

I don't have anything to eat in my house but chips and Gatorade.

How could you live without chips? I could do without bread easily.

I know what feels good to eat and what doesn't. I try to err on the side of choices I know will leave me feeling more energized and ready to go, because it's always better to feel healthy.

Instead of a sandwich, you're much better off enjoying a delicious and filling supper of around 400 calories - and that will see you right through until bedtime.

I don't take supplements - I get nutrition from food.

Healthy eating isn't supposed to be about self-denial; it's not a punishment.

I am a foodie and do not suppress the needs of my body.

I like to make sure I eat as soon as the drivers meeting is over. Then I like to take at least a 15-minute nap or so before the race starts, just to kind of get refreshed. That's something I try to do every time.

I don't think I have spiritual beliefs in the structured sense - but I believe in the absolute necessity of spirit and a healthy spiritual life. It grew inside me by itself, which is surely the very nature of spirit, and instinctively I protected and nourished it. I also absorbed spirituality by osmosis.

I show the people I love that I love them by gathering them in my kitchen and feeding them, so no surprise that most of my characters do the same thing.

belief does not depend upon logic, it is a delicate and fragile flower that draws nourishment from intuition and instinct and hunch.

loving, instead of depleting and effortful. Some pussification practices have become daily rituals. I take a bath instead of a shower because it makes me feel more relaxed and beautiful. I use lavender-scented Epsom salts because they smell nicer than the plain ones. After the bath I use coconut oil on my skin; it smells beautiful and nourishes the skin deeply.

Find enough food to eat, and eat it.

After all, it wasn't food; it was survival.

When the mind becomes quiet, you feel nourished. SWAMI CHIDVILASANANDA

Practice being kind to yourself in small, concrete ways. Look at your refrigerator. Are you feeding yourself nicely? Do you have socks? An extra set of sheets? What about a new house plant? A thermos for the long drive to work? Allow yourself to pitch out some of your old ragged clothes. You don't have to keep everything.

Scraping a carrot, peeling an apple—these actions are quite literally food for thought.

When we chop and pare vegetables, we do so with our thoughts as well. Remember, art is an artist-brain pursuit. This brain is reached through rhythm—through rhyme, not reason. Scraping a carrot, peeling an apple—these actions are quite literally food for thought.

Why should a word in a recipe be less important than a word in a novel? One can lead to physical indigestion, the other to mental. I

I don't think there is such a thing as an intelligent mega-rich person. For who with a fine mind can look out upon this world and hoard what can nourish a thousand souls.