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passion predominate, health of body and strength of intellect are sacri-
ficed upon the altar of self-gratification, and man is brought to speedy
ruin. If enlightened intellect holds the reins, controlling the animal
propensities, keeping them in subjection to the moral powers, Satan
well knows that his power to overcome with his temptations is very
small.—
The Review and Herald, September 8, 1874
. (
Messages to
Young People, 237
.)
What Might Have Been—If parents in past generations had, with
firmness of purpose, kept the body servant to the mind and had not
allowed the intellectual to be enslaved by animal passions, there would
be in this age a different order of beings upon the earth.—
Healthful
Living, 38, 1865
(Part 2). (
Selected Messages 2:431, 432
.)
Choice of Mind or Body Control—Every student needs to un-
derstand the relation between plain living and high thinking. It rests
with us individually to decide whether our lives shall be controlled by
the mind or by the body. The youth must, each for himself, make the
choice that shapes his life; and no pains should be spared that he may
understand the forces with which he has to deal and the influences
which mold character and destiny.—
Education, 202
(1903).
Teach the People—Present before the people the need of resisting
the temptation to indulge appetite. This is where many are failing.
Explain how closely body and mind are related and show the need of
keeping both in the very best condition.—
Circular Letter to Physicians
and Evangelists, 1910.
(
Counsels on Health, 543
.)
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