"The acquirement and enjoyment of physical well-being, mental……" — Joseph Pilates
"The acquirement and enjoyment of physical well-being, mental calm and spiritual peace are priceless to their possessors if there be any such so fortunate living among us today. However, it is the ideal to strive for, and in our opinion, it is only through Contrology that this unique trinity of a balanced body, mind, and spirit can ever be attained."
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Joseph Pilates
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62 Quotes by Joseph Pilates
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Contrology (Pilates) is complete coordination of body, mind, and spirit. Through Contrology you first purposefully acquire complete control of your…
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Contrology develops the body uniformly, corrects wrong postures, restores physical vitality, invigorates the mind, and elevates the spirit.
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A few well-designed movements, properly performed in a balanced sequence, are worth hours of doing sloppy calisthenics or forced contortion.
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This is the equivalent of an “internal shower”. As the spring freshness born of the heavy rains and vast masses…
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Physical fitness is the first requisite of happiness. Our interpretation of physical fitness is the attainment and maintenance of a…
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Patience and persistence are vital qualities in the ultimate successful accomplishment of any worthwhile endeavor.
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I must be right. Never an aspirin. Never injured a day in my life. The whole country, the whole world,…
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Physical fitness is the first requisite of happiness.
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With body, mind, and spirit functioning perfectly as a coordinated whole, what else could reasonably be expected other than an…
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It’s the mind itself which shapes the body.
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A man is as young as his spinal column.
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I'm fifty years ahead of my time,
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Style, in its finest sense, is the last acquirement of the educated mind; it is also the most useful. It…
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The power of generalizing ideas, of drawing comprehensive conclusions from individual observations, is the only acquirement, for an immortal being,…
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The great Error of our Nature is, not to know where to stop, not to be satisfied with any reasonable…
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The acquirement and enjoyment of physical well-being, mental calm and spiritual peace are priceless to their possessors...
— Joseph Pilates
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No article of faith is proof against the disintegrating effects of increasing information; one might almost describe the acquirement of…
— H. L. Mencken
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Youth is the season of receptivity, and should be devoted to acquirement; and manhood of power--that demands an earnest application.…
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