“The female body is a chthonian machine, indifferent to the spirit who inhabits it.”

“the body is wiser than its inhabitants. the body is the soul. the body is god’s messenger.”

“The library is inhabited by spirits that come out of the pages at night.”

“there is every reason to fear that the State is growing ever more powerful, more autonomous, more indifferent to its own inhabitants.”

“Humans are amphibians — half spirit and half animal…. As spirits they belong to the eternal world, but as animals they inhabit time.”

“Men who shrink from penetration of the female body are paralyzed by justifiable apprehension, since they are returning to our uncanny site of origin.”

“A dress is a piece of ephemeral architecture, designed to enhance the proportions of the female body.”

“Virtue cannot be separated into male and female. … The difference is one of bodies not of souls.”

“The absolute yearning of one human body for another particular body and its indifference to substitutes is one of life's major mysteries.”

“For physical fitness is not only one of the most important keys to a healthy body; it is the basis of dynamic and creative intellectual activity. The relationship between the soundness of the body and the activities of the mind is subtle and complex. Much is not yet understood. But we do know what the Greeks knew: that intelligence and skill can only function at the peak of their capacity when the body is healthy and strong; that hardy spirits and tough minds usually inhabit sound bodies.”