Quotes About Well-being

It seemed as if, once aging led to debility, it was impossible for anyone to be happy. *

AT THE CENTER of Wilson's work was an attempt to solve a deceptively simple puzzle: what makes life worth living when we are old and frail and unable to care for ourselves?

The professionals and institutions we turn to should...not confine people's choices, in the name of safety, but to expand them, in the name of living a worthwhile life.

Once again, the salient risk factors seem to be social rather than physical.

Medical professionals concentrate on repair of health, not sustenance of the soul.

those who saw a palliative care specialist stopped chemotherapy sooner, entered hospice far earlier, experienced less suffering at the end of their lives—and they lived 25 percent longer.

Medical professionals concentrate on repair of health, not sustenance of the soul. Yet

Medicine's focus is narrow. Medical professionals concentrate on repair of health, not sustenance of the soul.

and I called him to see how he was doing.

He said he was well, and I did not press for details.

Our most cruel failure is in how we treat the sick and the aged is the failure to recognise that they have priorities beyond merely being safe and living longer; that the chance to shape one's story is essential to sustaining meaning in life.

Laten we op zoek gaan naar 'vreugde' in plaats van naar eerlijk voedsel en schone lucht en een gezondere toekomst op een bewoonbare planeet! Alsof geluk volstaat om ons te beschermen tegen de gevolgen van winst-waanzin.

I know I got to eat. But I got to live too.

When you have your health, you have everything. When you do not have your health, nothing else matters at all.

Maybe you feel pressure to be positive because so many people rely on your good, fake-positive energy? If that's the case, screw everybody else. You're not a bottle of Valium.

Nobody's trying to kill you, Deirdre. You're killing yourself.

Happiness is a treadmill of a goal for people who are not happy by nature. Being an unhappy person does not mean you must be sad or dark. You can be interested instead of happy.

I realized I could really become hooked on these happy pills. They gave me a glorious feeling of general well-being and didn't make me fat, like alcohol. I wondered if there was any harm in being addicted to only these.

Happiness is a wonderful goal for those who are inclined on a genetic level toward that emotional end of the spectrum. Happiness is a treadmill of a goal for people who are not happy by nature. Being an unhappy person does not mean you must be sad or dark. You can be interested instead of happy. You can be fascinated instead of happy.

When you do not have your health, nothing else matters at all.

Today married people in Western Europe and North America are generally happier, healthier, and better protected against economic setbacks and psychological depression than people in any other living arrangement.

Choosing your emotions is a mindset trick that is at the very foundation of a comfortable life. And

Just giving someone flowers, or inhaling their sweet aromas, makes us smile and promotes elevated moods, positive thoughts, and eases social encounters.

No hay nada como respirar hondo después de reírte tanto. Nada en el mundo como el dolor de estómago por una buena causa.