n â SelbstgefÃ¤lligkeit f; (over sbâs misfortune or failure) â Schadenfreude f; it wasnât pleasant to listen to their gloating â es war kein VergnÃ¼gen, ihren selbstgefÃ¤lligen Reden/schadenfrohen Bemerkungen zuzuhÃ¶ren; their gloating over their own success â ihre selbstgefÃ¤llige Freude Ã¼ber ihren Erfolg.
The mind is definitely stronger than the body. The mind is a very powerful thing, it controls your emotions, reactions, and it attracts negative or positive things to your life, depending on your attitude towards life, If you're a positive person, positive things are more than likely to happen to you.
There was one brain for the spirit, one for the soul, and one for the body. Similar ideas can be found in Kabbalah, in Platonism and elsewhere, with the association spirit - head (the actual brain), soul - the heart and emotions, and the body corresponding to the solar plexus.