When the belly is empty, the body becomes spirit; and when it is full, the spirit becomes body.
Spirit and body, when joined together, become a living soul of supernal worth.
With man, the life of the body depends on the life of the spirit.
The spirit cannot endure the body when overfed, but, if underfed, the body cannot endure the spirit.
The female body is a chthonian machine, indifferent to the spirit who inhabits it.
He despised his body for its boring hungers, reflex anger; its petty, obliterating rage. But now he'd become detached. He regarded his body with a tender regret. It was the thing his spirit had to haul.
How body from spirit slowly does unwind, until we are pure spirit at the end.
Body and spirit are twins: God only knows which is which.
Our spirit is the real part of us, the body but its garment. A man would not find peace at the tailor's because his coat comes from there; neither can the spirit obtain true happiness from the earth just because his body belongs to earth.
It is because the spirit is inestimable, that the lifeless body is so little valued.
The spirit is the life of the body seen from within, and the body the outward manifestation of the life of the spirit-the two being really one.
The condition of the physical body can affect the spirit.
Our body is the temple of our spirit.
First, to be able to love, then to learn that body and spirit are one.
Our body is dependant on Heaven and Heaven on the Spirit.
I am quite a wise old bird, but I am no desert hermit who can only prophesy when his guts are knotted with hunger. I am deep in the old man’s puzzle, trying to link the wisdom of the body with the wisdom of the spirit until the two are one.
The spirit of dance is an amazing thing. When the body and the spirit meet, it's a good thing.
