8 Quotes by Henry David Thoreau about body


  • Author Henry David Thoreau
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    The earth I tread on is not a dead inert mass. It is a body, has a spirit; is organic and fluid to the influence of its spirit and to whatever particle of the spirit is in me.

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  • Author Henry David Thoreau
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    Every day our garments become more assimilated to ourselves, receiving the impress of the wearer's character, until we hesitate tolay them aside without such delay and medical appliances and some such solemnity even as our bodies.

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    Good for the body is the work of the body, good for the soul is the work of the soul, and good for either is the work of the other.

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    How prompt we are to satisfy the hunger and thirst of our bodies; how slow to satisfy the hunger and thirst of our souls!

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