Laura Joh Rowland quotes

Laura Joh Rowland quotes

last updated: November 28, 2023

“Let hunger sharpen your awareness. Abstain liquor and frivolous recreation, which dull the mind and weaken the body.”
-- Laura Joh Rowland

Source : Laura Joh Rowland (2007). “The Concubine's Tattoo”, p.229, Macmillan

#Mind Quotes #Body Quotes #Dull Quotes

“You should not be carried away by the dictation of the mind, but the mind should be carried by your dictation.”
“The mind is like a river. The thoughts are like the various droplets of water. We are submerged in that water. Stay on the bank and watch your mind.”
“I was what they call 'skinny fat' - a body that resembled a python after swallowing a goat.”
“You are not a body. You have a body. You are a soul.”
“I'm pretty unusual for an actress in Hollywood because I am totally unselfconscious about my body.”
“We forgot we have Holy Body not less than our Holy Spirit.”
“A lot of my life is about will - having the will to prove what my body can do.”
“The power of the human will to compete and the drive to excel beyond the body's normal capabilities is most beautifully demonstrated in the arena of sport.”
“Habit converts luxurious enjoyments into dull and daily necessities.”
“I picture heaven as a vast library, with unlimited volumes to read. And paintings and statues to examine galore. I picture it as a great doorway to learning...rather than one great dull answer to all our questions”

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