"Cultivation to the mind is as necessary as food to the body"

"My favorite time of day is to get up and eat leftovers from dinner, especially spicy food"

"Food is not just fuel, it's information. It talks to your DNA and tells it what to do"

"Don't make jokes about food"

"Just as the soul fills the body, so God fills the world. Just as the soul bears the body, so God endures the world. Just as the soul sees but is not seen, so God sees but is not seen. Just as the soul feeds the body, so God gives food to the world"

"Not necessity, not desire - no, the love of power is the demon of men. Let them have everything - health, food, a place to live, entertainment - they are and remain unhappy and low-spirited: for the demon waits and waits and will be satisfied"

"If music be the food of love, play on"

"A house is not a home unless it contains food and fire for the mind as well as the body"

"I want my food dead. Not sick, not dying, dead"

"A society that thinks the choice between ways of living is just a choice between equally eligible "lifestyles" turns universities into academic cafeterias offering junk food for the mind"

"There is no sincerer love than the love of food"