“Hunger is the worst of diseases, the body the greatest of pains; if one knows this truly, that is Nirv?na, the highest happiness.” IfsKnowsBodyPainWorstDiseaseHighestHunger Author:Max Muller
“Constable Moore had reached the age when men can subject their bodies to the worst irritations - whisky, cigars, woolen clothes, bagpipes - without feeling a thing or, at least, without letting on.” MenFeelingsBodyAgePainWorstSubjectsClothesTherapyInjuryCigarIrritationWhiskyBagpipes Book:The Diamond Age Source: The Diamond Age
“The best lesson that any people can learn is that there is no patent cure-all which will make the body politic perfect, and that any man who is able glibly to answer every question as to how to deal with the evils of the body politic is at best a foolish visionary and at worst an evil-minded quack.” PeopleMenBodyAbleEvilPoliticsAnswersPerfectDealsEconomyWorstLessonsFoolishCuresLiberalismVisionariesPatentsQuacks Book:History as Literature and Other Essays Source: History as Literature and Other Essays
“The maimed bodies aren't the worst. That's the easy way to hate war. The safe way. I - hate it just as much for the maimed souls that stay at home.” WayWarSoulHomeBodyHateEasyWorstSafeI HateEasy WayStay At Home Author:Fannie Hurst