Bodily exercises are to be done discreetly; not to be taken evenly and alike by all men.
We do not "have" a body; rather, we "are" bodily.
Yoga, an ancient but perfect science, deals with the evolution of humanity. This evolution includes all aspects of one's being, from bodily health to self-realization.
Poetry is the most bodily of the arts.
My philosophy is that I'm an artist. I perform an art not with a paint brush or a camera. I perform with bodily movement. Instead of exhibiting my art in a museum or a book or on canvas, I exhibit my art in front of the multitudes.
In a world where faith is often construed as a way of thinking, bodily practices remind the willing that faith is a way of life
Compassion without detachment is attachment to the bodily platform.
Death is a solemn event for everyone. It is the winding up of all earthly plans and expectations. It is a separation from all we have loved and lived with. It is often accompanied by much bodily pain and distress. It opens the door to judgement and eternity - to heaven or to hell. It is an event after which there is no change, or space for repentance.
If I had bodily functions, I think I would have peed my pants.
I can't talk religion to a man with bodily hunger in his eyes.
God has appointed us captains of this our bodily fort, which, without treason to that majesty, are never to be delivered over till they are demanded.
There is something reassuring about the toilets. Bodily functions at least remain democratic. Everybody shits.
. . . in every man there is an eye of the soul, which. . . is more precious far than ten thousand bodily eyes, for by it alone is truth seen.
The grace of the spirit comes only from heaven, and lights up the whole bodily presence.
Bodily labor alleviates the pains of the mind and from this arises the happiness of the poor
I've always been battling against my sense of dignity and refinement. I was embarrassed by any bodily functions when I was younger. I could never even blow my nose.
The bodily resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead is the crowning proof of Christianity. If the resurrection did not take place, then Christianity is a false religion. If it did take place, then Christ is God and the Christian faith is absolute truth.
I'm an elderly gentleman. I haven't been in a fight involving bodily contact in 60 years. Look, I fall trying to put on my underwear in the morning.
We mistakenly assume that bodily survival has a higher precedence than ego survival. This is simply not generally true. Ego will happily destroy the body for its own sake. Look at overweight executives headed for heart attacks on the way to getting their pictures in Fortune or anorexic models suffering slow starvation on their way to getting their pictures in Vogue. Protecting ego is the general case.
All finite things have their roots in the infinite, and if you wish to understand life at all, you cannot tear out its context. And that context, astounding even to bodily eyes, is the heaven of stars and the incredible procession of the great galaxies.