Food to a large extent is what holds a society together and eating is closely linked to deep spiritual experiences.
-George Armelagos "Peter Farb and George Armelagos"
Quotations
God
-George Armelagos "Peter Farb and George Armelagos"
Many good sayings are to be found in holy books, but merely reading them will not make one religious. One must practice the virtues taught in such books in order to acquire love of God.
-Ramakrishna Paramahamsa "Ramakrishna Paramahansa"
The end of life is to be like God, and the soul following God will be like Him.
-Socrates
God created man incorruptible, and made him in the image of his own nature, but through the devil’s envy, death came into the world.
-Bible "Bible"
Love is the firstborn, loftier than the gods, fathers and men. You, O Love, are the eldest of all, altogether mighty. To you we pay homage!...
-Vedas "Atharva Veda"
My concern is not whether God is on our side; my greatest concern is to be on God's side, for God is always right.
-Abraham Lincoln
Only by doing good can one benefit. Those who detach themselves from ‘bad’ and yearn for ‘good’, dedicate their lives to God…and to service of scholars shall be blessed.
-Vedas "Rig Veda"
Far better it is for you to say: I am a sinner, than to say: I have no need of religion. The empty can be filled, but the self-intoxicated have no room for God.
-Fulton J. Sheen
"Seven Words of Jesus and Mary: Lessons from Cana and Calvary"
Without God, life is like a school without a teacher. It is a wire with no current passing through it; it is a body with no soul.
-Sathya Sai Baba "Sri Sathya Sai Baba"
From the beginning men used God to justify the unjustifiable.
-Salman Rushdie
"The Satanic Verses"
