Quotes about Nourishment

Nature, in its ministry to man, is not only the material, but is also the process and the result. All the parts incessantly work into each other's hands for the profit of man. The wind sows the seed; the sun evaporates the sea; the wind blows the vapor to the field; the ice, on the other side of the planet, condenses rain on this; the rain feeds the plant; the plant feeds the animal; and thus the endless circulations of the divine charity nourish man.

As a plant upon the earth, so a man rests upon the bosom of God; he is nourished by unfailing fountains, and draws, at his need, inexhaustible power. Who can set bounds to the possibilities of man?

Why ask for your daily bread when you own the bakery?

To the young woman I say, This is the moment in your life when he who is wooing you will be at his kindest. And if you do not see kindness in the man you are dating, beware! For the partnership you are looking for will be nourished and nurtured only on the basis of a love that is not arrogant or prideful, but kind.

A healthy lamb has a healthy attitude and disciplines himself to read and feed upon the Bible. He see the Bible as a love letter tp himself and meditates on the word both day and night.

Just as my physical life is dependent upon my vital signs, so my spiritual life is dependent upon spending regular, quality time with God.

and decide you really do want a hot fudge sundae! Go ahead and eat it. It is continual excess that causes trouble—not occasional liberties. God created a wide variety of foods for us to eat. Every good food God made, you can eat.

Gardeners slaughter no animals. They kill nothing. Fruits, seeds, vegetables, nuts, grains, grasses, roots, flowers, herbs, berries-all are collected when they have ripened, and when their collection is in the interest of the garden's heightened and continued vitality. Harvesting respects a source, leaves it unexploited, suffers it to be as it is.

He had been taught that bread unshared is bread unblessed when someone else is hungry, whether man or beast, friend or stranger.

Oh, my friends, be warned by me, That breakfast, dinner, lunch and tea, Are all human frame requires.

John had no desire to move but to just be. The rain seemed to do more than water the earth tonight. It seemed to water him.

To a hungry man, Christ is very lovely when He has a loaf of bread in His hand.