Quotes About Mindfulness

Thou shouldst eat to live; not live to eat.

I find the less attention I pay to food, the healthier I am.

Preparing food is not just about yourself and others. It is about everything!

I used food to make myself feel better, but I felt worse when I ate.

The more obsessively we focus on what a particular food is going to do for us, the less healthy we've become. Simple pleasures become complicated.

I believe that eating simple food in a healthy body with a clean conscience is more pleasurable, and infinitely more satisfying, then eating decadent food that makes you and your world ill.

Cooking and shopping for food brings rhythm and meaning to our lives.

I always tell my kids to cut a sandwich in half right when you get it, and the first thought you should have is somebody else. You only ever need half a burger.

Here's how it is: I feel guilty about every single bite of food that goes into my mouth.

Stop trying to find something in food that will make you feel better.

If I was having a bad day, eating was like self-medicating. But if you abuse food, you still have to use that substance that you abuse every day. You have to learn to use it responsibly.

He who lives with his senses well controlled, moderate in his food and drink, he will not be overthrown, any more than the wind throws down a rocky mountain.

He who distinguishes the true savor of his food can never be a glutton; he who does not cannot be otherwise.

I don't believe in depriving myself of any food or being imprisoned by a diet.

Children, we should always eat our food sitting down. Do not eat standing or walking around.

We must eat to live, and not live to eat.

I really like the concept of, like, slowing down and savoring your food, enjoying it.

In my food world, there is no fear or guilt, only joy and balance.

If you eat dead, toasted, fried or frozen food, you will feel dead, toasted, fried and frozen.

When we develop reverence for food and the miracle of transformation inherent in it, just the simple act of eating creates a ritual of celebration.

Eating more consciously now feels like a way of being. I actually think about how my food got to my plate.

How silly people were to eat. They thought they needed food for energy, but they didn't. Energy came from will, from self-control.

I never, ever, restrict food, and I will never go on a diet ever again.

Come cook food with me and do nothing.