“A man's body and his mind, with the utmost reverence to both I speak it, are exactly like a jerkin and a jerkin's lining; rumple the one, you rumple the other.” MenMindBodySpeakReverence Book:Works ... Source: Works ...
“There is but one temple in the world, and that is the body of man. Nothing is holier than this high form. Bending before men is a reverence done to this revelation in the flesh. We touch heaven when we lay our hand on a human body.” MenWorldHumansDoneBodyHandsFormHumanityHeavenLaysFleshRevelationsTemplesReverenceHuman BodyBending Book:Novalis and the poets of pessimism: with an English translation by James Thomson ( Source: Novalis and the poets of pessimism: with an English translation by James Thomson (