Body

Your body is like a bar of soap. It gradually wears down from repeated use.

— Body

My body is a cage that keeps me But my mind holds the key.

— Body

Antony ... used to say that it behooved a man to give all his time to his soul rather than his body, yet to grant a short space to the body through its necessities; but all the more earnestly to give up the whole remainder to the soul and seek its profit, that it might not be dragged down by the pleasures of the body, but, on the contrary, the body might be in subjection to the soul.

— Body

No one in this earthly prison of the body has sufficient strength of his own to press forward with a due degree of watchfulness, and the great majority [of Christians] are kept down with such great weakness that they stagger and halt and even creep on the ground, and so make very slight advances.

— Body

There is also an old proverb, that they who pay much attention to the body generally neglect the soul.

— Body

Sometimes one would almost like to say: what really matters is only the mind. But where can you find a mind without a body?

— Body

It is a great thing to take a human body. Whoever comes to the earth must do work.

— Body

A person must take care to exercise moderate discipline over the body and subject it to the Spirit by means of fasting, vigils, and labor. The goal is to have the body obey and conform—and not hinder—the inner person and faith. Unless it is held in check, we know it is the nature of the body to undermine faith and the inner person.

— Body

the body is a temple with ten senses, and we must install God in our hearts within this temple. This body is a moving temple of the Lord. He (Haidakhan Babaji) wants us to make this temple so beautiful that wherever it goes, people would like to worship, have great reverence for it, and try to gain knowledge from it.

— Body