“While the body is young and fine, the soul blunders, but as the body grows old it attains its highest power. Again, every good soul uses mind; but no body can produce mind: for how should that which is without mind produce mind? Again, while the soul uses the body as an instrument, it is not in it; just as the engineer is not in his engines”
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
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“Love is the unity of soul, mind and body. Pay attention to the precedence… ”
which the Scriptures call "false peace"
Source: Peace of Soul (1949), Ch. 6, p. 112
“When in Love,
body, mind, heart and soul don't even exist.”
Hush Don't Say Anything to God (1999)
"The Possibilities in Hypnosis, Where the Patient Has the Power", in The New York Times (3 November 2008) http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/04/health/04brody.html?_r=0
“One may call the world a myth, in which bodies and things are visible, but souls and minds hidden.”
III. Concerning myths; that they are divine, and why.
On the Gods and the Cosmos
Context: One may call the world a myth, in which bodies and things are visible, but souls and minds hidden. Besides, to wish to teach the whole truth about the Gods to all produces contempt in the foolish, because they cannot understand, and lack of zeal in the good, whereas to conceal the truth by myths prevents the contempt of the foolish, and compels the good to practice philosophy.
“Our soul needs to be fed on a daily basis too, as much as the body and the mind.”
Source: Samuel Hine, Brunello Cucinelli: the fashion designer who believes simple, communal meals feed the soul https://www.gq.com/story/how-to-find-your-best-diet/amp, GQ magazine, February 2020, p. 60
“If a man is to live, he must be all alive, body, soul, mind, heart, spirit.”
Source: Thoughts in Solitude
Original: La mente umana è un mondo a parte. Complesso, misterioso e mai conosciuto completamente. Per questo motivo, intrigherà sempre l'anima, il corpo ed un'altra mente.
Source: prevale.net
“mind can drag the body and body can never drag the mind”
The lecture in Ashland, Oregon (8th of July 2005)