Pain is a good cleanser of the mind and therefore of the sight. Matters which seem to mean the world, in health, are found to be of no import when pain is hard upon you.

Careful preparation is necessary before people can perceive something which is there all the time.

A tongue, if used the wrong way, can cause serious injury or even death. Politicians are famous for misusing their tongues this way. However, tongues can also be cleansing agents, making the most of a...

The Sweater Song.” Cats find that song very cleansing.

Never be afraid to cry. Sometimes, nothing can cleanse the heart more than a few wet tears.

Guilt and fear are a kind of rot. It spreads unless it’s cleaned. And there’s only one way to do that.

we need deep cleansing of our thoughts on and often so that we can recharge our energy for our own health, happiness and purpose

If you don’t smell good, then you don’t look good.

I commit her to memory. When I’m alone, I feel a strange yearning, the hunger of a man fasting not because he believes but because he’s ashamed. Not the cleansing hunger of the devout, but...

I have been writing now for over a week. I find it cleansing, refreshing; it is good for me.” (p.531)

Allow your pain to cleanse you and burn away what needs to die.

DETOX your mind, body, AND your contact list.

Scapegoating worked in practice while it still had religious powers behind it. You loaded the sins of the city on to the goat’s back and drove it out, and the city was cleansed. It worked...