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Ralph Waldo Emerson Essayist, Philosopher, Poet
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"The soul comes from without into the human body, as into a temporary abode, and it goes out of it anew… it passes into other habitations, for the soul is immortal."

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Samuel Johnson Lexicographer, Essayist, Critic
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"I soon found that wit, like every other power, has its boundaries; that its success depends upon the aptitude of others to receive impressions; and that as some bodies, indissoluble by heat, can set the furnace and crucible at defiance, there are min"

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Samuel Johnson Lexicographer, Essayist, Critic
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"Such is the constitution of man that labour may be styled its own reward; nor will any external incitements be requisite, if it be considered how much happiness is gained, and how much misery escaped, by frequent and violent agitation of the body."

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Virginia Satir Psychotherapist, Author
Body

"A growing body of clinical observation has pointed to the conclusion that the family therapy must be oriented to the family as a whole."

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"It's not about the body; you are consciousness. That's what you are. Your consciousness is already out of your body. You don't need to get out of your body, you just need to get into your consciousness."

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Richard Bach Author
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"If our body is a perfect expression of our thought about body, and if our thought about body is that it’s condition has everything to do with inner image and nothing to do with time, then we don’t have to be impatient for being too young or frightened of being too old."

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St. Vincent Musician
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"I guess trying to throw my body into the guitar is so natural for me that I don't even know how to explain it. I can't imagine life without it."

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Swami Vivekananda Spiritual Leader, Philosopher
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"Man cannot be satisfied by wealth. Man cannot go beyond his nature, no more than you can jump out of your body."

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Rumi Poet, Philosopher
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"The body is not hidden from the soul, nor is the soul hidden from the body, and yet the soul is not for everyone to see."

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Rumi Poet, Philosopher
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"Don't make the body do what the spirit does best, and don't put a big load on the spirit that the body could easily carry."

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Mackenzie Davis Actress
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"I think Julianne Moore is the most radiantly beautiful human being and isn't messing with nature too much. She seems like a woman who treats her body like a temple. I cannot relate to that!"

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