Skin Quotes

Just as bones, tissues, intestines, and blood vessels are enclosed in a skin that makes it possible to bear the sight of a human being, so the agitations and passions of the soul are wrapped up in vanity: it is the soul's skin.

The snake that cannot shed its skin perishes. As well the minds which are prevented from changing their opinions; they cease to be mind.

The earth, said he, has a skin, and this skin has diseases. One of these diseases, for example, is called man.

The frog instantly dies when the spinal cord is pierced; and previous to this it lived without head without heart or any bowels or intestines orskin; and here therefore it would seem lies the foundation of move- ment and life.

I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character.

It is one of the strange ironies of history, that in a nation founded on the principle that all men are created equal, men are still arguing over whether the color of a man's skin determines the content of his character.

That until there are no longer first-class and second-class citizens of any nation. Until the colour of a man's skin is of no more significance than the colour of his eyes. Me say war.

Showing your body and showing your skin - or not - should not take any respect away from you.

In the holy solipsism of the young Now I can't walk thru a city street w/out eying each single pedestrian. I feel thier vibe thru my skin, the hair on my neck - it rises.

My grandmother is basically blind, but she can make out the lighter parts, like my skin and hair. She says, 'I can see you, because you have no pants on.' So I'll continue to wear no pants so that my grandma can see me.

I've never gotten thick skin. If you close yourself off and you get this protective armor, there is a price you pay with that - of not feeling. And feeling is important when you are a songwriter.

My parents taught me never to judge others based on whom they love, what color their skin is, or their religion.

I have a skin disorder that destroys the pigmentation of the skin, it's something that I cannot help, OK?

It doesn't matter how long my hair is or what colour my skin is or whether I'm a woman or a man.

He who can curb his wrath as soon as it arises, as a timely antidote will check snake's venom that so quickly spreads-such a monk gives up the here and the beyond, just as a serpent sheds its worn-out skin.

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.

When a person emerges from episodes of illness, isolation or humiliation, he is 'as though born again, he has a new skin', with a 'finer taste for joyfulness'.