“Inspiration: A miasma originating in the head that pollutes the body and irritates good sense.”
Peter Greenaway (1942) British film director
Rosa: The Death of a Composer
“What grace is to the body, good sense is to the mind.”
La bonne grâce est au corps ce que le bon sens est à l'esprit.
Maxim 67.
Reflections; or Sentences and Moral Maxims (1665–1678)
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French author of maxims and memoirs 1613–1680Related quotes
“Reading is to the mind, what exercise is to the body.”
Joseph Addison (1672–1719) politician, writer and playwright
No. 147.
The Tatler (1711–1714)
Variant: A good conscience is to the soul what health is to the body
Context: Reading is to the mind, what exercise is to the body. As by the one, health is preserved, strengthened, and invigorated: by the other, virtue (which is the health of the mind) is kept alive, cherished, and confirmed.
“Reading is to the mind what exercise is to the body.”
Richard Steele (1672–1729) British politician
Tatler (1709-1711), no. 147
“The body attracts what the mind seduces.”
Prevale (1983) Italian DJ and producer
Original: (it) Il corpo attrae ciò che la mente seduce.
Source: prevale.net
Baba Hari Dass (1923–2018) master yogi, author, builder, commentator of Indian spiritual tradition
Source: The Path to Enlightenment is not a Highway, 1996, p.65
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although many engines move without being touched by any one
VIII. On Mind and Soul, and that the latter is immortal.
On the Gods and the Cosmos
Maurice Sendak (1928–2012) American illustrator and writer of children's books
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