My advice to you is not to inquire why or whither, but just enjoy your ice cream while it is on your plate.

EAT YOUR OWN FRUIT A disciple once complained, “You tell us stories, but you never reveal their meaning to us.” Said the master, “How would you like it if someone offered you fruit and masticated it before giving it to you?” No one can find your meaning for you. Not even the master.

When eating fruit, such as watermelon, the seeds should be removed from the mouth with the hand and placed in the pocket or handbag. At important functions it is best to swallow them, as it saves mucking about.

EAT YOUR OWN FRUIT A disciple once complained, "You tell us stories, but you never reveal their meaning to us." Said the master, "How would you like it if someone offered you fruit and masticated it before giving it to you?" No one can find your meaning for you. Not even the master.

You can't eat the orange and throw the peel away - a man is not a piece of fruit.

If you're afraid of butter, use cream.

The craving for a delicate fruit is pleasanter than the fruit itself.

Fruit free of any bruises, not yet broken open, / With flesh so firm and smooth, it cried out to be eaten!

An apple resists being eaten. An apple is not eaten, it is conquered. The crunchiness of a pear is far more appealing. It is giving and fragile. To eat a pear is akin to … kissing.

My advice to you is not to inquire why or whither, but just enjoy your ice cream while it's on your plate — that's my philosophy.

Can someone eat the fruit that comes from the tree of action that grows from the seeds of your mind?

These fruits are ripe, dipped in fire,
Cooked and sampled here on earth.

Some farmers force fruits to ripen in different ways with different chemicals; I noticed it and called the attention of NAFDAC, but nothing happened.

Sometimes when you feed on another’s word you must eat it like a banana – you peel it first.