The enlightened man says: I am body entirely and nothing beside.
—Friedrich Nietzsche, 1883Quotes
O flesh, flesh, how art thou fishified!
—William Shakespeare, c. 1596I know I have the body but of a weak and feeble woman, but I have the heart and stomach of a king.
—Elizabeth I, 1588Your body is the church where nature asks to be reverenced.
—Marquis de Sade, 1797Nothing tastes as good as skinny feels.
—Kate Moss, 2009The body says what words cannot.
—Martha Graham, 1985The human body is the best picture of the human soul.
—Ludwig Wittgenstein, c. 1947Celibacy goes deeper than the flesh.
—F. Scott Fitzgerald, 1920Nothing can cure the soul but the senses, just as nothing can cure the senses but the soul.
—Oscar Wilde, 1890One’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’m at an age when my back goes out more than I do.
—Phyllis Diller, 1981And your very flesh shall be a great poem.
—Walt Whitman, 1855Very shy people don’t even want to take up the space that their body actually takes up.
—Andy Warhol, 1975