Quote by Henry Miller
Our own physical body possesses a wisdom which we who inhabit the

Our own physical body possesses a wisdom which we who inhabit the body lack. We give it orders which make no sense. – Henry Miller

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No matter how vast, how total, the failure of man here on earth, the work of man will be resumed elsewhere. War leaders talk of resuming operations on this front and that, but mans front embraces the whole universe. – Henry Miller

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Failure
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Topographically the country is magnificent — and terrifying. Why terrifying? Because nowhere else in the world is the divorce between man and nature so complete. Nowhere have I encountered such a dull, monotonous fabric of life as here in America. Here boredom reaches its peak. – Henry Miller

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Land
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Los Angeles gives one the feeling of the future more strongly than any city I know of. A bad future, too, like something out of Fritz Langs feeble imagination. – Henry Miller

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Future
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If we were meant to be nude, we would have been born that way. – Author Unknown

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Body

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

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Body

The first idea that the child must acquire, in order to be actively disciplined, is that of the difference between good and evil; and the task of the educator lies in seeing that the child does not confound good with immobility and evil with activity. – Maria Montessori

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Body

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

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Body

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But man has still another powerful resource: natural science with its strictly objective methods. – Ivan Pavlov

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There is no one who does not exaggerate! – Ralph Waldo Emerson

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With any recovery from morbidity there must go a certain healthy humiliation. – G. K. Chesterton

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Repose and cheerfulness are the badge of the gentleman — repose in energy. – Ralph Waldo Emerson

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