Quotes about Body
What concerns me is that man, unable to articulate, to express himself adequately, reverts to action. Since the vocabulary of action is limited, as it were, to his body, he is bound to act violently, extending his vocabulary with a weapon where there should have been an adjective.
— Joseph Brodsky
The very moment you separate body and spirit, you end up with a corpse. Separate faith and works and you get the same thing: a corpse.
— Eugene Peterson
Our bodies are the means of providing our souls access to God in his revelation: eat this book. A friend reports to me that one of the early rabbis selected a different part of our bodies to make the same point; he insisted that the primary body part for taking in the word of God is not the ears but the feet. You learn God, he said, not through your ears but through your feet: follow the Rabbi.
— Eugene Peterson
If the Church is a living body united to the same head, governed by the same laws, and pervaded by the same Spirit, it is impossible that one part should be independent of all the rest.
— Charles Hodge
Holiness in character is the manifestation of the power of God on the nature of man. Holiness affects the human body through healing. Holiness demands expression, and that expression is the manifestation of power
— Bill Johnson
It is the mind that makes the body.
— Sojourner Truth
These three things God requires of all the Baptized: right faith in the heart, truth on the tongue, temperance in the body.
— Gregory of Nazianzus
The issue is that we, with our fears, our attacks, our judgments, our blame, and our constant emphasis on the realm of the body rather than the realm of love, eclipse the experience of true love.
— Marianne Williamson
Emotion is created by motion. Whatever you're feeling right now is related to how you're using your body.
— Tony Robbins
For you to be healthy, you must rest. Slow down, and God will heal you. He will bring rest to your mind, to your body, and most of all to your soul. He will lead you to green pastures.
— Max Lucado
To see the consequences of anxiety, just read about half the ailments in a medical textbook.
— Max Lucado
My eager expectation and hope is that… Christ will be highly honored in my body. Philippians 1:20
— Beth Moore