Flesh was the reason why oil painting was invented.

To know intense joy without a strong bodily frame, one must have an enthusiastic soul.

One’s body, hair, and skin are a gift from one’s parents—do not dare to allow them to be harmed.

All God’s children are not beautiful. Most of God’s children are, in fact, barely presentable.

The human body is the best picture of the human soul.

Nothing can cure the soul but the senses, just as nothing can cure the senses but the soul.

If I see something sagging, dragging, or bagging, I’m going to go have the stuff tucked or plucked.

And your very flesh shall be a great poem.

I’m at an age when my back goes out more than I do.

I know I have the body but of a weak and feeble woman, but I have the heart and stomach of a king.

Shame on the soul, to falter on the road of life while the body still perseveres.

Every man must descend into the flesh to meet mankind.

Your body is the church where nature asks to be reverenced.