“People understand the meaning of eating lies in the nourishment of the body only when they cease to consider that the object of that activity is pleasure. ...People understand the meaning of art only when they cease to consider that the aim of that activity is beauty, i.e., pleasure.” PeopleArtBodyLyingPleasureObjectsActivityEatingAimCeaseNourishmentMeaning Of Art Author:Leo Tolstoy
“It's sad to hear that 1 in 3 girls have an eating disorder, because they're trying to be something that they think they need to be, when it's such a lie that they believe. Meanwhile all over the world there's people that are starving or dying of something crazy that we forget, and we think we're the only ones in this world.” PeopleThinkingWorldNeedsTryingBelieveLyingGirlForgetCrazyDyingThis WorldEatingDisorderBelieve In MeStarvingEating Disorder Author:Bethany Hamilton
“Eating, sleeping, cleaning - the years no longer rise up toward heaven, they lie spread out ahead, gray and identical. The battle against dust and dirt is never won. Washing, ironing, sweeping, ferreting out rolls of lint from under wardrobes - all this halting of decay is also the denial of life; for time simultaneously creates and destroys, and only its negative aspect concerns the housekeeper.” YearsLyingHeavenSleepBattleEatingConcernNegativeAspectSpreadDustDenialGrayDecayDirtCleaningIdenticalWashingWardrobeSweepingHouseworkHousekeepers Author:Simone de Beauvoir
“Buy or borrow self-improvement books, but don't read them. Stack them around your bedroom and use them as places to rest bowls of cookies.Watch exercise shows on television, but don't do the exercises. Practice believing that the benefit lies in imagining yourself doing the exercises.Don't power walk. Saunter slowly in the sun, eating chocolate, and carry a blanket so you can take a nap.” BelieveBookSelfUseShowsLyingWalksWatchesPracticeSunTelevisionExerciseBenefitsEatingSelf ImprovementImprovementChocolateBowlsBedroomCookiesBlanketNapsEating ChocolateImagining Yourself Author:Sark