A republic cannot succeed, till it contains a certain body of men imbued with the principles of justice and honour.
I am dying by inches, from not having any body to talk to about insects.
Those who have come to be, those who will be: All will go, leaving the body behind. The skillful person, realizing the loss of all, should live the holy life ardently.
To keep the body in good health is a duty... otherwise we shall not be able to keep our mind strong and clear.
Let my skin and sinews and bones dry up, together with all the flesh and blood of my body! I welcome it! But I will not move from this spot until I have attained the supreme and final wisdom.
An insincere and evil friend is more to be feared than a wild beast; a wild beast may wound your body, but an evil friend will wound your mind.
All too soon this body will lie on the ground, cast aside, deprived of consciousness, like a useless scrap of wood.
Fearless, free of craving, and without blemish, Having reached the goal and destroyed the arrows of becoming, One is in one's final body.
Among all the sutras I have expounded, Lotus Sutra is the first and foremost! If you are able to uphold the Lotus Sutra, it means you are able to uphold the body of a Buddha.
Train your eyes and ears; train your nose and tongue. The senses are good friends when they are trained. Train your body in deeds, train your tongue in words, train your mind in thoughts. This training will take you beyond sorrow.
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?
Wealth, a friend, a wife, and a kingdom may be regained; but this body when lost may never be acquired again.
You can chain me, you can torture me, you can even destroy this body, but you will never imprison my mind.
A person will sometimes devote all his life to the development of one part of his body - the wishbone.
I believe that a simple and unassuming manner of life is best for everyone, best both for the body and the mind.
There is but one temple - the body. It is the only temple that ever existed.
The mistake is that we cling to the body when it is the spirit that is really immortal.
In this body, He resides, the Lord of souls and the King of kings.
By practice men can bring even the heart under control, until it will just beat at will, slowly, or quickly, or almost stop. Nearly every part of the body can be brought under control.
When our feet hurt, we hurt all over.
