The enlightened man says: I am body entirely and nothing beside.
—Friedrich Nietzsche, 1883Quotes
One’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 BCEvery man must descend into the flesh to meet mankind.
—G.K. Chesterton, 1910Shame on the soul, to falter on the road of life while the body still perseveres.
—Marcus Aurelius, c. 170To lose confidence in one’s body is to lose confidence in oneself.
—Simone de Beauvoir, 1949As the saying goes, an old woman is always uneasy when dry bones are mentioned in a proverb.
—Chinua Achebe, 1958If I had the use of my body I would throw it out of the window.
—Samuel Beckett, 1951And your very flesh shall be a great poem.
—Walt Whitman, 1855I’m at an age when my back goes out more than I do.
—Phyllis Diller, 1981Nothing tastes as good as skinny feels.
—Kate Moss, 2009Very shy people don’t even want to take up the space that their body actually takes up.
—Andy Warhol, 1975It hurts to watch the fluency of a body acclimated to its shackling.
—Leslie Jamison, 2014I know I have the body but of a weak and feeble woman, but I have the heart and stomach of a king.
—Elizabeth I, 1588