All food is the gift of the gods and has something of the miraculous, the egg no less than the truffle.
Interpretation
Food is a divine gift that holds wonder and value.
This quote highlights the intrinsic value and miraculous nature of all food, suggesting that every type, whether common like eggs or luxurious like truffles, should be appreciated as a sacred offering from the divine. It prompts us to see the beauty and significance in the simplest of foods, reminding us that nourishment is not just sustenance, but a profound part of our existence that connects us to something greater.
In practice
This quote can be shared at a dinner gathering to express gratitude for the meal.
A part, a large part, of traveling is an engagement of the ego v. the world. The world is hydra headed, as old as the rocks and as changing as the sea, enmeshed inextricably in its ways. The ego wants to arrive at places safely and on time.
I felt that I had been happy and that I was happy again. For everything to be consummated, for me to feel less alone, I had only to wish that there be a large crowd of spectators the day of my execution and that they greet me with cries of hate.
As hypocrisy is said to be the highest compliment to virtue, the art of lying is the strongest acknowledgment of the force of truth.
This culture of waste has made us insensitive even to the waste and disposal of food, which is even more despicable when all over the world, unfortunately, many individuals and families are suffering from hunger and malnutrition.
You can exist without your soul, you know, as long as your brain and heart are still working. But you’ll have no sense of self anymore, no memory, no . . . anything. There’s no chance at all of recovery. You’ll just — exist. As an empty shell. And your soul is gone forever . . . lost.
Very little of the great cruelty shown by men can really be attributed to cruel instinct. Most of it comes from thoughtlessness or inherited habit. Extract from 'Memories of childhood and youth.'
In my youth I stressed freedom, and in my old age I stress order. I have made the great discovery that liberty is a product of order.
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