Man does not live by bread alone

1. People have spiritual as well as physical needs. In the Bible (see also Bible), these words are spoken by Moses to the Israelites in the Exodus; they are also used by Jesus in disputing with Satan.

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Whether it's following the Christian edict that "Man does not live by bread alone" or the Buddhist belief that sensual desire is one of the five hindrances to spiritual growth, consciously removing the pleasures of consumption produces, for many of us, a sense of serious, prayerful focus.

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Whatever its genetic code might say about the grain that it’s made from, man does not live by bread alone.

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It preached in the open invitation of its expanded arms that man does not live by bread alone—inasmuch as afterwards he needs a nap.

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Chairman Hochman believes that labor unions owe to their members education and fun as well as higher wages, that "man does not live by bread alone."

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“Man does not live by bread alone.”

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