Jamie Oliver Quotes

Thou, for whose love I've sacrifice existence,
Art, yet art not, the sum of earth's existence,
Earth lacks true Being, yet depends thereon—
Thou art true Being, Thou art pure existence
The Loved One is quite colourless, O heart,
Be not engrossed with colours, then, O heart
All colours come from what is colourless,
And 'who can dye so well as God,' O heart?

It is best to avoid low company, whether they come in peace or in war.

My Love stood by me at the dawn of day,
And said, 'To grief you make my heart a prey,
What I am casting looks of love at you,
Have you no shame to turn your eyes away?
All my life long I tread love's path of pain,
It peradventure 'union' I may gain
Better to catch one moment's glimpse of Thee
Than earthly beauties' love through lite retain.

The wise man refuses to be led beyond his own depth.

God has not made with two hearts within him. The incomparable Majesty who has conferred the boon of existence upon thee has placed within thee but one heart, to the end that with single heart thou mayest love Him alone, and mayest turn thy back on all besides and devote thyself to Him alone, and refrain from dividing thy heart into a hundred portions, each portion devoted to a different object.

Whether you’re a vegan or not, there are endless reasons why we should all be delighted that the movement has grown so fast in the last few years. … Through adapting their diets to make sure they get all the vitamins they need, to pressuring big corporations and governments for more ethical products, vegans are giving food the focus it deserves. They are also doing their bit to reduce food miles and emissions … They’re teaching us a thing or two as well. My vegan and vegetarian friends have cooked me some fantastic meals, many of which I now make regularly. It’s saving me money, encouraging me to eat more vegetables, and reducing my meat intake. While I have no plans to give up meat, I recognise that it shouldn’t be the focus of my diet. I am now vegetarian every other day – not consciously, but because lots of my favourite meals are meat-free. I have also learnt lots of new techniques as I work around the limits of reducing dairy and meat products. I make cakes without eggs, burgers without beef, and pastry without butter. I … refuse to buy any animal product that doesn’t have a guarantee of quality such as Freedom Food, free range or organic status.

I was trapped in love
And this trap is enough for me.

Those who live by bread alone will submit, for the sake of it, to the vilest abuse, like a hungry dog.

The pain night will be ended
And separation pain will be remedied
Unaware of this fact that this night is so long
And from that night to morning there are hundred years.

Good intentions are useless in the absence of common-sense.

Heart is not free from love pain
Painless body is only soil and water
Everybody vecomes lover
O, there is no leveless heart in the worls.

My birthplace is Jam, and my pen
Has drunk from (knowledge of) Sheikh-ul-Islam Ahmad Jam,
Hence in the books of poetry
My pen nam is Jami for these two reasons.

The essence of the 'Truth' most glorious and mose exalted is nothing but Being His Being is not subject to defect or diminution. He is untouched by change or variation, and is exempt from plurality and multiplicity, He transcends all manifestations, and is unknowable and invisible, Every 'how' and 'why' have made their appearance through Him, but in Himself He transcends every 'how' and 'why'. Everything is perceived by Him, while he is beyond perception. They outwaid eye is too dull to behold His beauty, and the eye of the heart is dimmed by the contemplation of His perfection.

Those who fancy that collectedness results from the collecting of wordly goods remain in perpetual distraction, whilst those who are convinced that amassing wealth is the cause of distraction renounce all wordly goods.

Happy is the man who knows the true from the false, and refuses to accept less.