Quotes About Well-being

The object of a religion or a philosophy is not to make men wealthy or powerful, but to make them, in the last issue, happy: that is, to fulfil their being.

When Mrs. Sardotopolis got home there would be eight other children to take care of. But that was a simple matter. None of them was sick. When the eight children weren't sick they tumbled, shrieked and squealed in the dark hallway or in the street. Anywhere. Mrs. Sardotopolis only listened with half an ear. As long as they made noise they were healthy. So from day to day she listened not for their noise but to hear if any of them grew quiet.

He urged freedom above all, and self-realization, and spurned "the contemptible sort of well-being dreamed of by shopkeepers, Christians, cows, women, Englishmen and other democrats.

A people are as healthy and confident as the stories they tell themselves. Sick storytellers can make nations sick.

We should be concerned not only about the health of individual patients, but also the health of our entire society.

The poor are very well off, at least the agricultural poor, very well off indeed. Their incomes are certain, that is a great point, and they have no cares, no anxieties; they always have a resource, they always have the House. People without cares do not require as much food as those whose life entails anxieties. See how long they live!

Early to bed, early to rise, makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise

Be sober and temperate, and you will be healthy.

Early to bed and early to rise, makes a man happy wealthy and wise.

There cannot be good living where there is not good drinking.

To lengthen thy life, lessen thy meals.

Be not sick too late, nor well too soon

If you do not cure yourself of this temper, it will end in insanity, of which it is the symptomatic forerunner.

Those who know what's wrong with them and take care of themselves accordingly will tend to live a lot longer than those who consider themselves perfectly healthy and neglect their weaknesses. So, in that sense at least, a weakness of some sort can do you a big favor, if you acknowledge that it's there.

One disease, long life; no disease, short life.

All work and no play makes Backson a dull boy. Kept up for long enough, it makes him dead, too.

I find that, it could be ... whether it's substances or whether it's behavior or whether it's depressive stuff, or whatever it is, if I'm not actively doing ... getting out of myself and being with other people, like being a dad, being a husband, being a bandmate, being a friend, helping someone out ... If I'm out of myself, I'm great. If I'm inside all the time, I'm horrible.

When you are happy from inside, it will reflect on your face.

This idea of bringing awareness to our lives seems like a good idea, right? We'll gain a productive, enjoyable, reflective life and be able to extend compassion, empathy, and joy to others. That seems like a pretty good deal.

What your insides are doing, your outside reflects, and what you give to yourself, you can give to others.

I've been told many times that I should give up trying to find balance in my life, but I refuse.

I regard food as fuel. I am not a brunch person.

Over-eating is the addiction choice of carers, and that's why it's come to be regarded as the lowest-ranking of all the addictions.

I just like Raisin Bran - it keeps me regular.