Bodily Quotes

265 quotes by 211 authors

It is not the organs-that is, the character and form of the animal's bodily parts-that have given rise to its habits and particular structures. It… — Jean-Baptiste Lamarck
Even the mind depends so much on temperament and the disposition of one's bodily organs that, if it is possible to find a way to… — Rene Descartes
Compassion without detachment is attachment to the bodily platform. — Radhanath Swami
Let the spirit out - Discard all thoughts of reward, all hopes of praise and fears of blame, all awareness of one's bodily self. And,… — Bruce Lee
A mother experiences more than one death, even though she herself will only die once. She fears for her husband; she fears for her children;… — Saint John Chrysostom
If you make a habit of sincere prayer, your life will be very noticeably and profoundly altered. Prayer stamps with its indelible mark our actions… — Alexis Carrel
And when we come to refute them, we shall show in its fitting place that this class of men [i.e., the gnostics] has been instigated… — Irenaeus of Lyons
I do feel that spiritual progress does demand at some stage that we should cease to kill our fellow creatures for the satisfaction of our… — Mahatma Gandhi
Be as though you don't exist. Let the bodily functions unfold, let thoughts come and go but don't follow them. Be only the awareness. Something… — Mooji
And just as He appeared before the holy Apostles in true flesh, so now He has us see Him in the Sacred Bread. Looking at… — Francis of Assisi
We are led to think of diseases as isolated disturbances in a healthy body, not as the phases of certain periods of bodily development. — Clifford Allbutt
To feel strong, to walk amongst humans with a tremendous feeling of confidence and superiority is not at all wrong. The sense of superiority in… — Fredrick Hatfield
The blessings of fortune are the lowest; the next are the bodily advantages of strength and health; but the superlative blessings, in fine, are those… — Roger L'Estrange
Observers in the full enjoyment of their bodily senses pity me, but it is because they do not see the golden chamber in my life… — Helen Keller
Unfortunately, nature is very much a now-you-see-it, now-you-don't affair. A fish flashes, then dissolves in the water before my eyes like so much salt. Deer… — Annie Dillard
Trust, love, what we call sexy, who we trust in a business situation, are all based on how open we are. Openness is bodily openness,… — David Deida
The grace of the spirit comes only from heaven, and lights up the whole bodily presence. — Charles Spurgeon
Romantic love, in pornography as in life, is the mythic celebration of female negation. For a woman, love is defined as her willingness to submit… — Andrea Dworkin
There exists a mountain of circumstantial evidence that consciousness survives bodily death. This is the kind of evidence that would stand up in a court… — Unknown Author
Most people live, whether physically, intellectually or morally, in a very restricted circle of their potential being. They make very small use of their possible… — William James

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