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Daily Food Quote: Mahatma Gandhi on Food and God

Published by Jonell Galloway + Friday, May 31, 2013 Permalink 0

To a man with an empty stomach food is God.–Mahatma Gandhi

Mahatma Gandhi with textile workers at Darwen, Lancashire, England, September 26, 1931.

Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, more commonly known as “Mahatma Gandhi,” was born on October 2, 1869, in Porbandar, India. He studied law and became a defender of Indian rights both in India and South Africa, where he lived and worked for some 20 years. His method of opposing British rule and treatment was through mass non-violent civil disobedience, which has made him a model for peaceful revolution around the world.

Gandhi believed in living a simple life. He wove and made his own clothes, was a vegetarian and used traditional Indian fasts both for self-purification and protests against British discriminatory legislation against Indians. His philosophy of life and political “action” remain a beacon of hope for oppressed people around the world.

Simon Says: Daily Food Quote, September 28, 2011

Published by Jonell Galloway + Wednesday, September 28, 2011 Permalink 0

by Simón de Swaan

God cannot appear before a starving man except in the form of bread.–Mahatma Gandhi, 1947

Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi (2 October 1869 – 30 January 1948) was the pre-eminent political and ideological leader of India during the Indian independence movement. A pioneer of satyagraha, or resistance to tyranny through mass civil disobedience, Gandhi led India to independence and inspired movements for civil rights and freedom across the world.

Simon Says: Daily Food Quote, September 23, 2011

Published by Jonell Galloway + Friday, September 23, 2011 Permalink 0

by Simón de Swaan

Whatsoever was the father of a disease, an ill diet was the mother.–George Herbert, 1651

George Herbert was an English poet and orator, as well as an Anglican priest. Throughout his life, he wrote religious poems characterized by a precision of language and an ingenious use of imagery or conceits that was favored by the metaphysical school of poets. Some of Herbert‘s poems have endured as hymns, including “King of Glory, King of Peace” (Praise), “Let All the World in Every Corner Sing” (Antiphon) and “Teach me, my God and King” (The Elixir).