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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.
Uncontrolled, the hunger and thirst after God may become an obstacle, cutting off the soul from what it desires. If read more
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.
A hungry man is not a free man.
A hungry man is not a free man.
They said they were anhungry; sighed forth proverbs--
That hunger broke stone walls, that dogs must eat,
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They said they were anhungry; sighed forth proverbs--
That hunger broke stone walls, that dogs must eat,
That meat was made for mouths, that the gods sent not
Corn for the rich men only. With these shreds
They vented their complainings, which being answered
And a petition granted them, a strange one,
To break the heart of generosity,
And make bold power look pale, they threw their caps
As they would hang them on the horns o' th' moon,
Shouting their emulation.
Obliged by hunger and request of friends.
Obliged by hunger and request of friends.
It is difficult to spear to the belly, because it has no ears.
It is difficult to spear to the belly, because it has no ears.
The pathos of man is that he hungers for personal fulfillment and for a sense of community with others.
The pathos of man is that he hungers for personal fulfillment and for a sense of community with others.
At the working man's house hunger looks in but dares not enter.
At the working man's house hunger looks in but dares not enter.
Truth isn't always beauty, but the hunger for it is.
Truth isn't always beauty, but the hunger for it is.
