Married couples who quarrel bitterly every day may really need each other as deeply as those who appear to be desperately in love.
Edward AbbeyRead
A crude meal, no doubt, but the best of all sauces is hunger.
Interpretation
What this quote means
Hunger enhances the appreciation of a meal, making even simple food enjoyable.
This quote highlights the idea that the experience of eating is greatly influenced by one's state of hunger. When we are truly hungry, even the most basic meal can be transformed into a delightful experience, emphasizing the connection between necessity and appreciation in life.
Themes
HungerAppreciationFoodExperienceWisdom
In practice
Example use cases
Sharing this quote at a community kitchen to inspire volunteers.
More from Edward Abbey
All quotes βI love America because it is a confused, chaotic mess - and I hope we can keep it this way for at least another thousand years. The permissive society is the free society.
Edward AbbeyRead
If it's knowledge and wisdom you want, then seek out the company of those who do real work for an honest purpose.
Edward AbbeyRead
The earth is real. Only a fool, milking his cow, denies the cow's reality.
Edward AbbeyRead
I believe in nothing that I cannot touch, kiss, embrace.... The rest is only hearsay.
Edward AbbeyRead
Why can't we simply borrow what is useful to us from Buddhism, Hinduism, Taoism, especially Zen, as we borrow from Christianity, science, American Indian traditions and world literature in general, including philosophy, and let the rest go hang? Borrow what we need but rely principally upon our own senses, common sense and daily living experience.
Edward AbbeyRead
Similar quotes
Here is the true meaning and value of compassion and nonviolence, when it helps us to see the enemy's point of view, to hear his questions, to know his assessment of ourselves. For from his view we may indeed see the basic weaknesses of our own condition, and if we are mature, we may learn and grow and profit from the wisdom of the brothers who are called the opposition.
Martin Luther King, Jr.Read
The secret of life is honesty and fair dealing. If you can fake that, you've got it made.
Groucho MarxRead
Learn from the past, set vivid, detailed goals for the future, and live in the only moment of time over which you have any control: now.
Denis WaitleyRead
The people may be made to follow a path of action but they may not be made to understand it.
ConfuciusRead
Because I have confidence in the power of truth, and of the spirit, I have confidence in the future of mankind.
Albert SchweitzerRead
Do not dispute with anyone in any matter as far as possible. For in argumentation lies much harm and its evil is greater than its benefit.
Al-GhazaliRead