“The mind must become the servant of the intellect, not the slave of the senses. It must discriminate and detach itself from the body. Like the ripe tamarind fruit, which, becomes loose inside the shell, it must be unattached to this shell, this casement called body.” MindBodySlaveFruitIntellectSensesServantShellsRipe Author:Sathya Sai Baba
“Outward beauty is a true sign of inner goodness. This loveliness, indeed, is impressed upon the body in varying degrees as a token by which the soul can be recognized for what it is, just as with trees the beauty of the blossom testifies to the goodness of the fruit.” SoulBodyTreeGoodnessDegreesFruitImpressedTokensLovelinessOutward Beauty Author:Baldassare Castiglione
“Love labour: for if thou dost not want it for food, thou mayest for physique. It is wholesome for the body, and good for the mind. It prevents the fruits of idleness, which many times come of nothing to do, and leads many to do what is worse than nothing.” IfsWantMindBodyLaborFruitLabourIdlenessPhysique Author:William Penn
“For naturall Bloud is in like manner made of the fruits of the Earth; and circulating, nourisheth by the way, every Member of the Body of Man.” MenWayMadeBodyEarthMembersFruit Book:Leviathan: Top 100 Classic Novels Source: Leviathan: Top 100 Classic Novels
“The fruits of this profound union with Jesus are marvelous: our whole being is transformed by the grace of the Holy Spirit: soul, intelligence, will, affections and even the body, because we are united in body and spirit.” SoulWholeBodySpiritJesusUnitedGraceHolyUnionsProfoundFruitAffectionHoly SpiritTransformedMarvelous Author:Pope Francis
“What sort of tree is there which will not, if neglected, grow crooked and unfruitful; what but Will, if rightly ordered, prove productive and bring its fruit to maturity? What strength of body is there which will not lose its vigor and fall to decay by laziness, nice usage, and debauchery?” IfsBodyFallCultureGrowsLosesNiceTreeProveFruitMaturityProductiveLazinessDecayNeglectedCrookedVigorUsageDebauchery Author:Plutarch
“Death was a beginning and not an end; it was the morning of the spirit. Tired bodies lay down to sleep and their souls wakened to the morning, rested; the first fruits of them that slept.” FirstsSoulEndsBodySpiritSleepMorningLaysTiredFruit Book:The Works of Mary Roberts Rinehart: A poor wise man Source: The Works of Mary Roberts Rinehart: A poor wise man