“... I gave as an offering my all to Him Who had won me and saved me, my property, my fame, my health, my very words... In considering all these things, I preferred Christ. And the words of God were made sweet as honeycombs to me, and I cried after knowledge and lifted up my voice for wisdom. There was moreover the moderation of anger, the curbing of the tongue, the restraint of the eyes, the discipline of the belly, and the trampling under foot of the glory which clings to the earth.” MadeEyeEarthVoiceChristFeetSweetDisciplineFameGloryPropertyTongueSavedWord Of GodOfferingCriedConsideringRestraintModerationBellyDiscipleship Author:Gregory of Nazianzus
“It has never occurred to me before, but this is truly how it is: all of us on earth walk constantly over a seething, scarlet sea of flame, hidden below, in the belly of the earth. We never think of it. But what if the thin crust under our feet should turn into glass and we should suddenly see?” IfsThinkingShouldEarthTurnsWalksSeaFeetGlassesFlamesWhat IfBellyScarletSeething Author:Yevgeny Zamyatin
“I am a man by virtue of my hands and my feet, my belly, my heart of meat, my stomach whose knots reunite me to the putrefaction of life.” MenHeartHandsVirtueFeetMy HeartMeatStomachBellyKnots Book:Antonin Artaud, Selected Writings Source: Antonin Artaud, Selected Writings
“My voice is my instrument. ... It is not in the throat, from where it appears to come. It is in my feet and how they touch the floor, in my legs and how they lift and sink with the rhythm of the song. It is in my hips and belly and lower back.” SongVoiceFeetSingingInstrumentsLegsRhythmHipsLiftsThroatBelly Book:Fire in the Rain- Singer in the Storm: An Autobiography Source: Fire in the Rain- Singer in the Storm: An Autobiography
“But for the cravings of the belly not a bird would have fallen into the snare; nay, nay, the fowler would not have spread his net. The belly is chains to the hands and fetters to the feet. He who is a slave to his belly seldom worships God.” HandsFeetWorshipBirdSlaveSpreadChainsFallenBellyCravingWorship GodSnaresGluttonyFetters Author:Saadi
“If your stomach blocks your view of your feet, cover it up! The only people who should be wearing belly shirts are people who don't have bellies. Now those little baby spare tires are kinda cute; tractor tires aren't! Especially if they've got hair on them!” PeopleIfsShouldLittlesViewsFeetHairBabyBlockCuteShirtsStomachSparesBellyTireTractors Author:Jeff Foxworthy