Bodily Quotes

265 Bodily quotes by 211 unique authors

Now, there are a very large number of bodily movements, having their source in our nervous system, that do not possess the character of conscious… — Wilhelm Wundt
Physiology is concerned with all those phenomena of life that present them selves to us in sense perception as bodily processes, and accordingly form part… — Wilhelm Wundt
At the very least, they can be persuaded that the bodily position makes no difference to their prayers; for they constantly forget[...]that they are animals… — C.S. Lewis
SOCRATES: Perhaps we may be wrong; if so, you in your wisdom should convince us that we are mistaken in preferring justice to injustice. THRASYMACHUS:… — Plato
I am alarmed when it happens that I have walked a mile into the woods bodily, without getting there in spirit. — Henry David Thoreau
As we tap into the deep sources of bodily wisdom through creative art expression,we dance the renewal, recreation, and healing of ourselves and our world. — Anna Halprin
The written word has taught me to listen to the human voice, much as the great unchanging statues have taught me to appreciate bodily motions. — Marguerite Yourcenar
Resurrection means bodily life after â€˜life after death,â€™ or, if you prefer, bodily life after the state of â€˜deathâ€™ — N. T. Wright
No severe or prolonged bodily illness followed this incident of the red-room: it only gave my nerves a shock, of which I feel the reverberation… — Charlotte Bronte
The things, good Lord, that we pray for, give us the grace to labour for', as Sir Thomas More expressed it. The inner voice of… — Philip Yancey
Happiness is your real nature. You identify with yourself with the body and mind, feel it's limitations, and suffer. Realize your true self in order… — Ramana Maharshi
Science frees us in many ways...from the bodily terror which the savage feels. But she replaces that, in the minds of many, by a moral… — Charles Kingsley
Fasting cures diseases, dries up bodily humors, puts demons to flight, gets rid of impure thoughts, makes the mind clearer and the heart purer, the… — Athenaeus
Health is the first muse, comprising the magical benefits of air, landscape, and bodily exercise on the mind. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
All sorts of bodily diseases are produced by half-used minds. — George Bernard Shaw
Footballers today are forced to conform to a bodily aesthetic that in its rigidity and uniformity makes fashion models look as varied as snowflakes. This… — Danny Baker
Rarest of all is the man who can and does reason at all times, quickly, accurately, inclusively, despite hope or fear or bodily distress, without… — Robert A. Heinlein
The doctors take the bodily evidence as the disease. . . . disease is itself an impudent opinion. He throws off the feelings of the… — Phineas Quimby
Again, now, now, again Plashes the rain in heavy gouts, The crinkled lightning Seems ever brightening... And loud and long Again the thunder shouts His… — James Russell Lowell
Bodily exercises are to be done discreetly; not to be taken evenly and alike by all men. — Thomas a Kempis

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