Body

The lungs have been usually regarded as the great fire-place of the human system; but whether or not this is so, the stronger the lungs are the better, without a doubt. – William Andrus Alcott (1798–1859), The Physiology of Marriage, 1855 [On or

In vain we shall penetrate more and more deeply the secrets of the structure of the human body, we shall not dupe nature; we shall die as usual. – Bernard Le Bovier de Fontanelle

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

Massage is the only form of physical pleasure to which nature forgot to attach consequences. – Robert Brault, rbrault.blogspot.com

The stronger the body, the more it obeys; the weaker the body, the more it commands. – Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1712–1778)

Attention to the human body brings healing and regeneration. Through awareness of the body we remember who we really are. – Jack Kornfield

The body is a sacred garment. – Martha Graham

Your cells are as depressed as you are, and your cells are as happy and frisky as you are. – Abraham–Hicks

Many people can listen to their cat more intelligently than they can listen to their own despised body. Because they attend to their pet in a cherishing way, it returns their love. Their body, however, may have to let out an earth-shattering scream in order to be heard at all. – Marion Woodman

I love the body. Flesh is so honest, and organs do not lie. – Terri Guillemets

I have ceased to question stars and books; I have begun to listen to the teaching my blood whispers to me. – Herman Hesse

Abdicate, v.: to give up all hope of ever having a flat stomach. – Author Unknown

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

Skin is a covering for our immortality. – Terri Guillemets

Keeping your body healthy is an expression of gratitude to the whole cosmosâ€”the trees, the clouds, everything. – ThÃch Nháº¥t Háº¡nh

We use our brains very little, and when we do, it is only to make excuses for our reflexes and our instincts â€” only to make our acts appear more studied. – Martin H. Fischer (1879–1962)

Most of us have become deaf to our own bodies, which is why we are out of tune. – Terri Guillemets

What spirit is so empty and blind, that it cannot recognize the fact that the foot is more noble than the shoe, and skin more beautiful that the garment with which it is clothed? – Michelangelo

Most psychologists treat the mind as disembodied, a phenomenon with little or no connection to the physical body. Conversely physicians treat the body with no regard to the mind or the emotions. But the body and mind are not separate, and we cannot treat one without the other. – Candace Pert

Few of us have lost our minds, but most of us have long ago lost our bodies. – Ken Wilbur