“O my child, bethink you that just as the bee, having gathered heaven's dew and earth's sweetest juices from amid the flowers, carries it to her hive; so the Priest, having taken the Saviour, God's Own Son, Who came down from Heaven, the Son of Mary, Who sprang up as earth's choicest flower, from the Altar, feeds you with that Bread of Sweetness and of all delight.” ChildrenEarthHeavenTakenSonFlowerDelightBreadMy ChildrenCarriePriestsMaryBeesSweetnessJuiceAltarsSweetestDewSaviourHives Book:The Saint Francis de Sales Collection [16 Books] Source: The Saint Francis de Sales Collection [16 Books]
“Whatever a man has in superabundance is owed, of natural right, to the poor for their sustenance. So Ambrosius says, and it is also to be found in the Decretum Gratiani: The bread which you withhold belongs to the hungry: the clothing you shut away, to the naked: and the money you bury in the earth is the redemption and freedom of the penniless.” MenEarthFoundNaturalPoorCharityHungryBreadNakedRedemptionClothingsSustenance Author:Thomas Aquinas
“If men with fleshly mortals must be fed, and chew with bleeding teeth the breathing bread; what else is this but to devour our guests, and barbarously renew Cyclopean feasts? While Earth not only can your needs supply, but, lavish of her store, provides for luxury; a guiltless feast administers with ease, and without blood is prodigal to please.” IfsMenNeedsEarthBloodPleaseStoresTeethBreadLuxuryMortalsBreathingEaseFedsVeganGuestsBleedingProdigals Author:Pythagoras
“Who are the oppressors? The few: the King, the capitalist, and a handful of other overseers and superintendents. Who are the oppressed? The many: the nations of the earth; the valuable personages; the workers; they that make the bread that the soft-handed and idle eat.” EarthNationsKingsWorkersValuableBreadCapitalistIdleOppressedHandfulOppressorsSuperintendents Book:Collected Tales, Sketches, Speeches & Essays: 1852-1890 Source: Collected Tales, Sketches, Speeches & Essays: 1852-1890
“Of all the everyday plants of the earth, grass is the least pretentious and the most important to mankind. It clothes the earth is an unmistakable way. Directly or indirectly it provides the bulk of man's food, his meat, his bread, every scrap of his cereal diet. Without grass we would all starve, we and all our animals. And what a dismal place this world would be!” MenWorldWayImportantWould BeEarthAnimalMankindThis WorldClothesPlantEverydayBreadGrassMeatDietsScrapPretentiousCereal Author:Hal Borland
“was revolution much more than one fast kick forward in the long process called evolution? We condemened the 'cost' of revolution; but was it higher than the cost over centuries in backward, underdeveloped communities, which still covered two-thirds of the earth and which still could not guarantee their populations daily bread?” LongStillsTwoEarthProcessCommunityCenturyRevolutionEvolutionHigherCostThirdsPopulationBreadKicksGuaranteesCoveredDaily Bread Author:Ella Winter