YPHI0005 Food for thought
The philosophy of food

"It is impossible to live a pleasant life without living wisely and honorably and justly, and it is impossible to live wisely and honorably and justly without living pleasantly." - Epicurus

"the body is a source of endless trouble to us by reason of the mere requirement of food" - Plato

"If more of us valued food and cheer and song above hoarded gold, it would be a merrier world." - J.R.R. Tolkien, author of 'Lord of the Rings' (1892-1973)

"Let your food be your medicine, and your medicine be your food." - Hippocrates

"There is no love sincerer than the love of food." - George Bernard Shaw, Irish playwright (1856-1950)

"To eat is a necessity, but to eat intelligently is an art." - La Rochefoucauld

"What is food to one man may be fierce poison to others." - Lucretius. 95-55 B. C.

"Tell me what you eat, and I will tell you what you are." - Anthelme Brillat-Savarin

"Nothing will benefit human health and increase the chances for survival of life on Earth as much as the evolution to a vegetarian diet." - Albert Einstein

"I have no doubt that it is part of the destiny of the human race, in its gradual improvement, to leave off eating animals as surely as the savage tribes left off eating each other." - Henry David Thoreau

"The only way to keep your health is to eat what you don't want, drink what you don't like, and do what you'd rather not." - Mark Twain

"Gluttony is an emotional escape, a sign something is eating us." - Peter De Vries

"One cannot think well, love well, sleep well, if one has not dined well." - Virginia Woolf

1. He did not dislike to have his rice finely cleaned, nor to have his mince meat cut quite small.
2. He did not eat rice which had been injured by heat or damp and turned sour, nor fish or flesh which was gone. He did not eat what was discolored, or what was of a bad flavor, nor anything which was ill-cooked, or was not in season.
3. He did not eat meat which was not cut properly, nor what was served without its proper sauce.
4. Though there might be a large quantity of meat, he would not allow what he took to exceed the due proportion for the rice. It was only in wine that he laid down no limit for himself, but he did not allow himself to be confused by it.
5. He did not partake of wine and dried meat bought in the market.
6. He was never without ginger when he ate.
7. He did not eat much.

Lunyu - About Confucius and his food.

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