“We are not to consider the world as the body of God: he is an uniform being, void of organs, members, or parts; and they are his creatures, subordinate to him, and subservient to his will.”

Poetry is a kind of ingenious nonsense.

A body in motion tends to stay in motion unless acted on by an outside force.

I see I have made my self a slave to philosophy.

You have to make the rules, not follow them.

Tact is the art of making a point without making an enemy.

Where both are friends, it is right to prefer truth.

Opposite to godliness is atheism in profession, and idolatry in practice. Atheism is so senseless and odious to mankind, that it never had many professors.

Let me think – I wonder if an anvil will drop like an apple?

If the experiments which I urge be defective, it cannot be difficult to show the defects; but if valid, then by proving the theory, they must render all objections invalid.

When two forces unite, their efficiency double.

The best way to understanding is a few good examples.

The great ocean of truth lay all undiscovered before me.

The centre of the system of the world is immovable.

All knowledge and understanding of the Universe was no more than playing with stones and shells on the seashore of the vast imponderable ocean of truth.

Every body persists in a state of rest or of uniform motion in a straight line, unless it is compelled to change that state by forces having impact upon it.

An object that is at rest will tend to stay at rest. An object that is in motion will tend to stay in motion.

By practice men can bring even the heart under control, until it will just beat at will, slowly, or quickly, or almost stop. Nearly every part of the body can be brought under control.

Happiness is beneficial for the body, but it is grief that develops the powers of the mind.

We must plunge heart and soul and body into the work. And until we are ready to sacrifice everything else to one Idea and to one alone, we never, never will see the Light.

If you have two loaves of bread, keep one to nourish the body, but sell the other to buy hyacinths for the soul.

Never be ashamed of your problems, your body, yourself. You are worth life.

I’m not a model – I have curves. I find things that accentuate my body, a woman’s body, and I always wear things that I feel comfortable in.

The soul should take care of the body, just as the pilgrim on his way to Makkah takes care of his camel; but if the pilgrim spends his whole time in feeding and adorning his camel, the caravan will leave him behind, and he will perish in the desert.

Know, O beloved, that man was not created in jest or at random, but marvelously made and for some great end. Although he is not form everlasting, yet he lives for ever; and though his body is mean and earthly, yet his spirit is lofty and divine.