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An active mind cannot exist in an inactive body.
An active mind cannot exist in an inactive body.
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.
My skull, my eyes, my nose three times, my jaw, my shoulder, my chest, two fingers, a knee, everything from read more
My skull, my eyes, my nose three times, my jaw, my shoulder, my chest, two fingers, a knee, everything from the top of my head to the bottom of my feet. [Listing what body parts he has broken].
The average, healthy, well-adjusted adult gets up at seven-thirty in the morning feeling just plain terrible.
The average, healthy, well-adjusted adult gets up at seven-thirty in the morning feeling just plain terrible.
What is this life if, full of care, we have no time to stand and stare?
What is this life if, full of care, we have no time to stand and stare?
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.
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.
Many people treat their bodies as if they were rented from Hertz-something they are using to get around in but read more
Many people treat their bodies as if they were rented from Hertz-something they are using to get around in but nothing they genuinely care about understanding.
A human being is an ingenious assembly of portable plumbing.
A human being is an ingenious assembly of portable plumbing.
