“Saints felt as much delight in the offensive odours which surround the sick and the infected as they would in a garden of the most fragrant flowers.” – ALPHONSUS LIGUORI
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Feeling delight in offensive odours
“Saints felt as much delight in the offensive odours which surround the sick and the infected as they would in a garden of the most fragrant flowers.” – ALPHONSUS LIGUORI
Identity
“It is said that ‘we are what we eat’—but it is also true that we are what we smell like: fragrant or foul, good or bad.” – Antony Synnott
Truth
“Fragrance is truth, and truth fragrance” – ANTONY SYNNOTT paraphrasing John Keats Continue reading Truth
Hedonics
“Odour is a significant component of our moral construction of reality and our construction of moral reality. The fundamental hypothesis is simple: what smells good is good. Conversely, what smells bad is bad. Â “Â – ANTONY SYNNOTT Continue reading Hedonics
Symbol of the self
“The odor is a natural sign of the self as both a physical and a moral being. The odor is a symbol of the self.” – ANTONY SYNNOTT Continue reading Symbol of the self
Being good!
“Smelling good is a sign of being good. It is said that ‘we are what we eat’—but it is also true that we are what we smell like: fragrant or foul, good or bad.  ” – ANTONY SYNNOTT Continue reading Being good!