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.

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.

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].

Mental pleasure are never cloy; unlike those of the body, they are increased by repetition, approved by reflection, and strengthened read more

Mental pleasure are never cloy; unlike those of the body, they are increased by repetition, approved by reflection, and strengthened by enjoyment.

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.

It is the common wonder of all men, how among so many millions of faces, there should be none alike.

It is the common wonder of all men, how among so many millions of faces, there should be none alike.

Wisdom is to the soul what health is to the body

Wisdom is to the soul what health is to the body

Love's mysteries in souls do grow, But yet the body is his book.

Love's mysteries in souls do grow, But yet the body is his book.

The human body is not a thing or substance, given, but a continuous creation. The human body is an energy read more

The human body is not a thing or substance, given, but a continuous creation. The human body is an energy system which is never a complete structure; never static; is in perpetual inner self-construction and self-destruction; we destroy in order to make it new.