“The spirit cannot endure the body when overfed, but if underfed, the body cannot endure the spirit.” *Saint Frances de Sales

“The sooner we find answers to our spiritual lives, the healthier we will be, because we are fundamentally spiritual beings.”  *Meg Meeker, MD

“There’s hunger for ordinary bread, and there’s hunger for love, kindness, thoughtfulness; this is the poverty making people suffer so much.” *Saint Teresa of Calcutta (Mother Teresa)

“Combine utter inefficacy of dieting and lack of spiritual awareness and we have a generation of mad, ravenous, self-loathing women.” *Geneen Roth

“When the joy goes out of eating, nutrition suffers.” *Ellyn Satter

“Pray as though everything depended on God. Work as though everything depended on you.” *Saint Augustine

“Now is the time for a change in mindset and to stop pretending that our actions do not affect those who suffer from hunger.”  *Pope Francis

“You have more to do than be weighed down by pretty or beautiful. You are a fiery heart and a wicked brain.  Do not let your soul be defined by its shell.” *Carolyn Costin

“Faith in God builds confidence, is a powerful guard against depression, and provides moral instruction.” *Meg Meeker, MD

“Spirituality is like Tabasco sauce- just a little can have a big kick in eating disorder recovery.” *Dr. M.E. Berrett

“We are not human beings having a spiritual experience. We are spiritual beings having a human experience.” *Pierre Teilhard de Chardin