Every man must descend into the flesh to meet mankind.
—G.K. Chesterton, 1910Quotes
My face looks like a wedding cake left out in the rain.
—W.H. Auden, c. 1967Shame on the soul, to falter on the road of life while the body still perseveres.
—Marcus Aurelius, c. 170Celibacy goes deeper than the flesh.
—F. Scott Fitzgerald, 1920The human body is the best picture of the human soul.
—Ludwig Wittgenstein, c. 1947One’s body, hair, and skin are a gift from one’s parents—do not dare to allow them to be harmed.
—Classic of Filial Piety, c. 200 BCI know I have the body but of a weak and feeble woman, but I have the heart and stomach of a king.
—Elizabeth I, 1588The body is an instrument which only gives off music when it is used as a body.
—Anaïs Nin, 1935O flesh, flesh, how art thou fishified!
—William Shakespeare, c. 1596The body says what words cannot.
—Martha Graham, 1985If I had the use of my body I would throw it out of the window.
—Samuel Beckett, 1951If I see something sagging, dragging, or bagging, I’m going to go have the stuff tucked or plucked.
—Dolly Parton, 2003To know intense joy without a strong bodily frame, one must have an enthusiastic soul.
—George Eliot, 1872