The body is not a permanent dwelling, but a sort of inn which is t

The body is not a permanent dwelling, but a sort of inn which is to be left behind when one perceives that one is a burden to the host. – Seneca

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To keep the body in good health is a duty… otherwise we shall not be able to keep our mind strong and clear. – Buddha

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What the mind has forgotten, the body remembers long after. – Lilias Folan

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Destroy the roots of the healthiest plants, their heads will droop and die. Many excellent qualities of the mind have their roots, in fact, in the body: their summits, which adorn the spiritual being, the mind, will wither, if we neglect the soil of these valuable plants… – C.G. Salzmann, Gymnastics for Youth: or, A Practical Guide to Healthful and Amus

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The body is a bundle of careful compromises. – Randolph Nesse and George Williams, Why We Get Sick

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