Physical Quotes

3624 Physical quotes by 2351 unique authors

Without doubt one is allowed to resist against the unjust aggressor to one's life, one's goods or one's physical integrity; sometimes, even 'til the aggressor's… — Thomas Aquinas
People travel to wonder at the height of mountains, at the huge waves of the sea, at the long courses of rivers, at the vast… — Saint Augustine
The path of self-purification is hard and steep. One has to become absolutely passion-free in thought, speech and action to rise above the opposing currents… — Mahatma Gandhi
Although it is difficult to pinpoint the physical base or location of awareness, it is perhaps the most precious thing concealed within our brains. And… — Dalai Lama
Physically you are a human being, but mentally you are incomplete. Given that we have this physical human form, we must safeguard our mental capacity… — Dalai Lama
Physical ills are the taxes laid upon this wretched life; some are taxed higher, and some lower, but all pay something. — Lord Chesterfield
If man thinks about his physical or moral state he usually discovers that he is ill. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
What Is Meditation? It is not musing, not daydreaming; but as ye find you bodies made up of the physical, mental and spiritual, it is… — Edgar Cayce
It would appear... that moral phenomena, when observed on a great scale, are found to resemble physical phenomena; and we thus arrive, in inquiries of… — Adolphe Quetelet
I've been very physical my whole life. I went out hiking and camping for days in the Australian forest, and when I trained at drama… — Yvonne Strahovski
While there have been great technological advances in the study of the brain, yielding enormous amounts of data on its physical and psychological characteristics, the… — Michael Gazzaniga
The question of how the ebb and flow of a highly developed mind can be catered to by a physical brain, and the related question… — Susan Greenfield, Baroness Greenfield
The brain, to be sure, is indeed the physical embodiment of the mind, the organ through which the mind finds expression and through which it… — Unknown Author
The very same brain centers that interpret and feel physical pain also become activated during experiences of emotional rejection. In brain scans, they light up… — Gabor Mate
I sense that, without sensitivity to physical pain and pleasure, man would not have known self-interest, and consequently know just or unjust acts. Thus, physical… — Jonathan Balcombe
It is my conviction that physical courage at crucial moments comes from the sum of intellectual courage and integrity that you muster at that moment. — Michael Weisskopf
Some players are more physical than others, some play with more finesse. Some are just really great all-around players. So you have to change your… — Oscar Robertson
We were able to get after the rebounds. We were able to control the paint. We were able to be physical down there. — Bill Laimbeer
That's how we like to play basketball, is be physical down there in the paint and force teams to the perimeter. — Bill Laimbeer
Only about seventy years ago was chemistry, like a grain of seed from a ripe fruit, separated from the other physical sciences. With Black, Cavendish… — Justus von Liebig
There are several kinds of truths, and it is customary to place in the first order mathematical truths, which are, however, only truths of definition.… — Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon
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
We weren't more physical than Russia, we didn't play faster than Brazil, but we 'out-teamed' our opponents. — Hugh McCutcheon
Destiny is an absolutely definite and inexorable ruler. Physical ability and moral determination count for nothing. It is impossible to perform the simplest act when… — Aleister Crowley
I didn't hesitate to kiss my father in public. And that's how I tried to raise my children. We're physical. — Payne Stewart

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