I have not sought during my life to amass wealth and to adorn my body, but I have sought to adorn my soul with the jewels of wisdom, patience, and above all with a love of liberty.

Your naked body should only belong to those who fall in love with your naked soul.

Inside the walls of a prison my body may be, but my Lord has set my soul free.

As long as your body is healthy and under control and death is distant, try to save your soul; when death is immanent what can you do?

The soul can never be corrupted with the corruption of the body, but it is like the wind which causes the sound of the organ, and which ceases to produce a good effect when a pipe is spoilt.

Blake said that the body was the soul's prison unless the five senses are fully developed and open. He considered the senses the 'windows of the soul.'