An active mind cannot exist in an inactive body.

An active mind cannot exist in an inactive body.

I don't think that the flesh is necessarily treacherous, evil, bad. It is cantankerous, and it is independent. The idea read more

I don't think that the flesh is necessarily treacherous, evil, bad. It is cantankerous, and it is independent. The idea of independence is the key. It really is like colonialism. The colonies suddenly decide that they can and should exist with their own personality and should detach from the control of the mother country. At first the colony is perceived as being treacherous. It's a betrayal. Ultimately, it can be seen as the separation of a partner that could be very valuable as an equal rather than as something you dominate.

The ear tends to be lazy, craves the familiar, and is shocked by the unexpected: the eye, on the other read more

The ear tends to be lazy, craves the familiar, and is shocked by the unexpected: the eye, on the other hand, tends to be impatient, craves the novel and is bored by repetition.

The human body is a magazine of inventions, the patent office, where are the models from which every hint is read more

The human body is a magazine of inventions, the patent office, where are the models from which every hint is taken. All the tools and engines on earth are only extensions of its limbs and senses.

The older you get, the tougher it is to lose weight because by then, your body and your fat are read more

The older you get, the tougher it is to lose weight because by then, your body and your fat are really good friends

We are bound to our bodies like an oyster is to its shell.

We are bound to our bodies like an oyster is to its shell.

This body is not a home but an inn, and that only briefly.

This body is not a home but an inn, and that only briefly.

The face is the mirror of the mind, and eyes without speaking confess the secrets of the heart.

The face is the mirror of the mind, and eyes without speaking confess the secrets of the heart.

Our body is a well-set clock, which keeps good time, but if it be too much or indiscreetly tampered with, read more

Our body is a well-set clock, which keeps good time, but if it be too much or indiscreetly tampered with, the alarm runs out before the hour.