Quotes About Body

Any psyche, conscious of itself, will revolt against the shape, size or color of the body in which it dwells; this healthy—for that body, in fact, not only reminds the psyche of its mortality, it deprives it of its individuality, binding it to a group. Accordingly, crimes of racial violence outrage not only the victims, but all individuals. Apathy, in this case, is a sad indication that you are not an individual.

The psyche exists (quite happily, one might add) on an entirely different plane than the body: whereas the body is inextricably bound to time, degrading day-by-day on its 85-year death trek, the psyche is, indeed, ageless, blending its memories into a single unit. It simply collects information—and "maturing" is really nothing more than a judgement of the quality of that information.

We should be carefree with our bodies and prudish with our brains, not the contrary. How virtuous we are with our flesh, and yet the first foul thought that comes our way is invited to the depths of our soul.

Blacking believes that 'feeling with the body' is as close as anyone can get to resonating with another person.

During arousal, the electrical resistance of the skin is diminished; the pupil of the eye dilates; the respiratory rate may become either faster or slower, or else become irregular. Blood-pressure tends to rise, as does the heart rate. There is an increase in muscular tone, which may be accompanied

Music can order our muscular system. I believe that it is also able to order our mental contents.

People take in their car for servicing and checkups every few months without complaint. Why shouldn't they take similar care of their bodies?4

My holy of holies is the human body, health, intelligence, talent, inspiration, love, and the most absolute freedom imaginable, freedom from violence and lies, no matter what form the latter two take. Such is the program I would adhere to if I were a major artist.

we are souls. We have bodies, which are just temporary houses for our souls. . .The body is a container.

He tells you, more than anyone else, that a body is what a soul looks like, that the way you speak and move is all there is and nothing more need be said.

I am a man by virtue of my hands and my feet, my belly, my heart of meat, my stomach whose knots reunite me to the putrefaction of life.

Squander your riches far from this unfeeling body to which no season, either spiritual or sensual, makes any difference.

In our present state of degeneration it is through the skin that metaphysics must be made to re-enter our minds.

When you will have made him a body without organs, then you will have delivered him from all his automatic reactions and restored him to his true freedom.

Mi manera de amarte es sencilla: te aprieto a mí como si hubiera un poco de justicia en mi corazón y yo te la pudiese dar con el cuerpo.

Pero como en los tiempos más recientes, las mujeres no suelen ahorrar y, como toda mala pagadora, tiene más deseos que dinero; al hombre le falta mucho por aguantar; allá donde mira encuentra deudas. Lo que puede reunir, ella lo gasta, en su cuerpo o en su amante; y también come mejor y bebe más con el miserable ejército de galanteadores. Esto aumenta en mí el ansia de oro: soy masculino, soy el afán.

Beyond my body my veins are invisible.

somatic markers depend on learning within a system that can connect certain categories of entity or event with the enactment of a body state, pleasant or unpleasant. Incidentally

Because the brain is the body's captive audience, feelings are winners among equals. And

Fools don't leave their mark but they often carry some sort of mark on their body part whenever they are duped by others.

Taking a dip in any water can only clean the body externally but could never cleanse the soul internally to absolve a person of own committed sin to the people.

Taking a dip in water anywhere can only clean the body ,but could never cleanse the sins committed and that remains always in the soul.

The beauty is solely in the sole, but a person who finds it on the face or any other body part has either a dusty mind or a dusky heart and is oneself not beautiful.

The mark of the fools is that they don't leave their mark but they often carry some sort of mark on their body part whenever they are fooled by others