Flesh Quotes

1391 Flesh quotes by 935 unique authors

If not for the direct action of a John Brown and his comrades, America would still trade in the flesh of the black man. — Emma Goldman
I ask again, and I want a better answer, WHAT are you!" He demanded."I told you before, a human rises with the sun, but I… — Miranda Leek
When you hold a child to your breast to nurse, the curve of the little head echoes exactly the curve of the breast it suckles,… — Diana Gabaldon
A little flesh, a little breath, and a Reason to rule all - that is myself. — Marcus Aurelius
I scourge both flesh and spirit because I know that I have offended in both flesh and spirit. — Peter Damian
Let us read the lives of the saints; let us consider the penances which they performed, and blush to be so effeminate and so fearful… — Alphonsus Liguori
For the wisdom of the flesh brings death, but that of the spirit brings life and peace, since the wisdom of the flesh is the… — Peter Damian
Penance to be sure must be used as a tool, in due times and places, as need may be. If the flesh, being too strong,… — St. Catherine of Siena
He who does not mortify his palate will neither know how to mortify his flesh. — Paul of the Cross
Jesus did not bathe this planet with his blood to have you serve the world, the flesh, and the devil. He died to make you… — Adrian Rogers
Let no man deceive you with vain words or vain hopes or false notions of a slight and sudden repentance. As if heaven were a… — John Tillotson
A root, a stem, a leaf, some means of capturing sunlight and air and making food - in sum, a plant. The green substance of… — Hal Borland
Neither fish, flesh nor good red herring. — Tom Brown, Jr.
Being desirable means being comfortable with your own ambiguity. The most ambiguous reality is that we are flesh and spirit at the same time. Within… — Unknown Author
I'm never gonna die, never heard of death, energy can never be destroyed only the flesh. — Unknown Author
Give me yesterday's bread, this day's flesh, and last year's cider — Benjamin Franklin
There is a greater darkness than the one we fight. It is the darkness of the soul that has lost its way. The war we… — J. Michael Straczynski
The 'flesh' is too bad to be cleansed; it must be crucified. — Watchman Nee
Your body is the ground and metaphor of your life, the expression of your existence. It is your Bible, your encyclopedia, your life story. Everything… — Gabrielle Roth
The Son of God did not want to be seen and found in heaven. Therefore he descended from heaven into this humility and came to… — Martin Luther
The Lord challenges us to suffer persecutions and to confess Him. He wants thiose who belong to him to be brave and fearless. He himself… — Tertullian
Humanity is our common lot. All men are made of the same clay. There is no difference, at least here on Earth, in the fate… — Victor Hugo
Fear is the polio of the soul. Faith is the life based on unseen realities; it is the word become flesh. — Clarence Jordan
After many months of writing, it occured to me that it might be possible to photograph, in the flesh, what I was attempting to capture… — Wright Morris
In the face of the oppressed I recognize my own face, and in the hands of the oppressor I recognize my own hands. Their flesh… — Henri Nouwen

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