Poetry and related

“Let food be thy medicine  and medicine be thy food” I came across this famous old quote while watching a documentary movie called "The Gerson Miracle," on Netflix."

Understanding the spirit of our institutions to aim at the elevation of men, I am opposed to whatever tends to  degrade them. image and quote found on page http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Abraham_Lincoln#1830s free to use license  Text is available under the  Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License above image in the public domain

Every man is said to have his peculiar ambition. Whether it be true or not, I can say, for one, that I have no other so great as that of being truly esteemed of my fellow-men, by rendering myself worthy of their esteem. Address Delivered in Candidacy for the State Legislature.  (9 March 1832). I found this quote on page: http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Abraham_Lincoln#1830s

from page: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3AJohn_Ruskin_quote.jpg Attributed to: By Frenzzgoa (Own work) [CC-BY-SA-3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0)], via Wikimedia Commons -------------------------------------- About John Ruskin Born 8 February 1819 54 Hunter Street,  Brunswick Square ,  London ,  England Died 20 January 1900 (aged 80) Brantwood ,  Coniston ,  England Occupation Writer, art critic, draughtsman, watercolourist, social thinker, philanthropist Citizenship English Alma mater Christ Church ,  University of Oxford King's College London Period Victorian era Notable work(s) Modern Painters  5 vols. (1843–60),  The Seven Lamps of Architecture  (1849),  The Stones of Venice  3 vols. (1851–53),  Unto This Last  (1860, 1862),  Fors Clavigera  (1871–84),  Praeterita  3 vols. (1885–89). Spouse(s) Euphemia Chalmers Gray (1828–1897) (marriage annulled) from page: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Ruskin