It had taken much to accustom himself to the way she spoke of their secret bodily desires.

The hands, the tongue, the eyes, the heart, all the bodily desires we are commanded to sub- due; but the feet are free members.

Pledgers promise to control intense bodily desires simply by exercising their wills.

Part of him wishes to give in to bodily desires, while the other part of him wants to be rational.

The Geto-Dacians communicated with their god through meditation, ritual sacrifice and shunning bodily desires.

The medieval church was unnatural in its efforts to suppress bodily desires.

To "transcend bodily desires," Armande chose a life of the mind.

Pythagoras emphasized subduing emotions and bodily desires in order to enable the intellect to function at the higher plane of theory.

Her ambition in life was opposed to marriage, yet she had the same bodily desires as every other woman.

The intellect could never be brought into a harmony based on reason with bodily desires.