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We have rudiments of reverence for the human body, but we consider

We have rudiments of reverence for the human body, but we consider as nothing the rape of the human mind. – Eric Hoffer

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More significant than the fact that poets write abstrusely, painters paint abstractly, and composers compose unintelligible music is that people should admire what they cannot understand; indeed, admire that which has no meaning or principle. – Eric Hoffer

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We feel free when we escape — even if it be but from the frying pan into the fire. – Eric Hoffer

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Don’t let it be all in your head, nor all in your body. – Terri Guillemets

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All sorts of bodily diseases are produced by half-used minds. – George Bernard Shaw

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According to Madam Pomfrey, thoughts could leave deeper scarring than almost anything else… – J.K. Rowling, “The Second War Begins,” Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

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Here in your mind you have complete privacy. Here there’s no difference between what is and what could be. – Chuck Palahniuk, Choke

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