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Hunger is the handmaid of genius
Hunger is the handmaid of genius
Oliver Twist has asked for more.
Oliver Twist has asked for more.
Hunger is sharper than the sword.
Hunger is sharper than the sword.
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.]
Hunger knows no friend but its feeder.
Hunger knows no friend but its feeder.
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.
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.
Enough is as good as a feast.
Enough is as good as a feast.