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    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.

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All of us have mortal bodies, composed of perishable matter, but the soul lives forever: it is a portion of read more

All of us have mortal bodies, composed of perishable matter, but the soul lives forever: it is a portion of the Deity housed in our bodies.

by Flavius Josephus Found in: Body Quotes,
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The human body is a machine which winds its own springs.

The human body is a machine which winds its own springs.

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Leisure is the exultation of the possible.

Leisure is the exultation of the possible.

by Martin Buber Found in: Body Quotes,
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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.

by Ralph Waldo Emerson Found in: Body Quotes,
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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.

by Plato Found in: Body Quotes,
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Begin to see yourself as a soul with a body rather than a body with a soul.

Begin to see yourself as a soul with a body rather than a body with a soul.

by Wayne Dyer Found in: Body Quotes,
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A healthy body is a guest chamber for the soul: a sick body is a prison.

A healthy body is a guest chamber for the soul: a sick body is a prison.

by Francis Bacon Found in: Body Quotes,
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I'm never less at leisure than when at leisure, or less alone than when alone.

I'm never less at leisure than when at leisure, or less alone than when alone.

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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.

by Seneca Found in: Body Quotes,
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