If I cherish my body, I make a slave of myself, if I cherish my property, I make a slave of myself; [24] because I’ve disclosed the means to make me captive.

I consist of a little body and a soul.

You may abandon your own body but you must preserve your honour.

My body separates me from all beings and all things. Only my body.

Mi cuerpo me separa de todo ser y de toda cosa. Nada más que mi cuerpo.

My body is foreign to me that body that sustains me and will, ultimately, kill me.

I drink to separate my body from my soul.

When I consider others I can easily believe that their bodies express their personalities and that the two are inseparable. But it is impossible for me not to feel that my body is other than I, that I inhabit it like a house, and that my face is a mask which, with or without my consent, conceals my real nature from others.

I wish I did not see my body as something for which I should apologize or provide explanation.

We are only here for a little while, and our bodies belong to ourselves and no one else.

A little flesh, a little breath, and a Reason to rule all – that is myself.

Even the contemplative life is only an effort, Nora my dear, to hide the body so the feet won’t stick out.

If I cherish my body, I make a slave of myself, if I cherish my property, I make a slave of myself; [24] because I’ve disclosed the means to make me captive. When a snake pulls back its head, right away I think, ‘Hit it just there, on the part that it’s protecting.’ In the same way you may be sure that whatever you are seen to protect, that will become your enemy’s focus of attack. [25] Keep this in mind, then there will be no one you will need to fear or flatter.

When I break any of the chains that bind me, I feel that I make myself smaller.