Appetite Quote by Juana Inés de la Cruz

“It is one of the great ironies of Mormon history that Smith, who set the polygamous movement in motion, never experienced it in practical…

— Todd M. Compton

But I do not remember ever having seen a newspaper in the house; and, most certainly, that privation did not render us less industrious,…

— William Cobbett

“If you are rich and full-fed, don’t laugh at the impulsiveness of the poor. They were not acting from their souls, but they were…

— Jalal ad-Din Muhammad ar-Rumi

“We love being mentally strong, but we hate situations that allow us to put our mental strength to good use.”

— Mokokoma Mokhonoana

For believers, both privilege and privation are a trial, and both demand responses: one demands service, and the other demands patience. The greatest privilege…

— Hamza Yusuf

“In one of the wealthiest countries in the world, privation should not come with the job description, and survival should not be an aspiration.”

— Sarah Kendzior

“to arrive at this flourishing condition had required years. He had undergone everything, in the shape of privation; he had done everything, except get…

— Victor Hugo

Nature has provided for the exigency of privation, by putting the measure of our necessities far below the measure of our wants. Our necessities…

— Christian Nestell Bovee

The real scientist is ready to bear privation and, if need be, starvation rather than let anyone dictate to him which direction his work…

— Albert Szent-Gyorgyi

“The place suggested a convent with the modern improvements—an asylum in which privacy, though unbroken, might be not quite identical with privation, and meditation,…

— Henry James

“Take the case (to use an easy example) of a river, carrying boats and communicating to them its own velocity, yet limited by their…

— Anonymous

Economic privation proceeds by easy stages, and so long as men suffer it patiently the outside world cares little.

— John Maynard Keynes