Quotes About Wellness

Justice is the loveliest and health is the best, but the sweetest to obtain is the heart's desire.

To amuse oneself in order that one may exert oneself, as Anacharsis puts it, seems right; for amusement is a sort of relaxation, and we need relaxation because we cannot work continuously.

For instance, it is not the function of medicine to restore a patient to health, but only to promote this end as far as possible; for even those whose recovery is impossible may be properly treated.

Men ought not to labor at the same time with their minds and with their bodies; for the two kinds of labor are opposed to one another; the labor of the body impedes the mind, and the labor of the mind the body.

For both excessive and deficient exercise ruin bodily strength, and, similarly, too much or too little eating or drinking ruins health, whereas the proportionate amount produces, increases, and preserves it.

If my typical man wishes to live fully and completely he must, in his mind, arrange a day within a day. And this inner day, a Chinese box in a larger Chinese box, must begin at 6 p.m. and end at 10 a.m. It is a day of sixteen hours; and during all these sixteen hours he has nothing whatever to do but cultivate his body and his soul and his fellow men.

When the spirits are low, when the day appears dark, when work becomes monotonous, when hope hardly seems worth having, just mount a bicycle and go out for a spin down the road, without thought on anything but the ride you are taking.

The public, not unnaturally, goes upon the principle that he who would heal others must himself be whole.

I object to rows because my nerves are shaken, and I get up at all sorts of ungodly hours, and I am extremely lazy. I have another set of vices when I'm well, but those are the principal ones at present.

To let the brain work without sufficient material is like racing an engine. It racks itself to pieces. The sea air, sunshine, and patience, Watson—all else will come.

The road to health is paved with good intestines!

P.S. God never sends the illness without its cure.

The Ayurvedic route to great health involves two simple steps: 1. Doing less; 2. Being more.

The great thing about Ayurveda is that its treatments always yield side benefits, not side effects.

that there must be a cure for every disease. Health is natural, disease is unnatural.

Un egoism puternic protejeaz? împotriva îmboln?virii, îns? trebuie, în cele din urm?, s? începi s? iubeÅŸti, pentru a nu ajunge bolnav ÅŸi trebuie s? te îmboln?veÅŸti când, ca urmare a unei frustr?ri, nu poÅ£i iubi.

Gözlerinizi içeriye doÄŸru çevirin, kendi derinliklerinize bak?n, ilk önce kendinizi tan?y?n! O zaman neden hastalanmaya mecbur olduÄŸunuzu anlayacaks?n?z; ve belki de gelecekte hastalanman?z? önleyeceksiniz. (Freud, S. (1917a). A Difficulty in the Path of Psycho-Analysis. The Standard Edition of the Complete Psychological Works of Sigmund Freud)

A substantial daily intake of alcohol was the perfect way to stay in shape.

Soldaten sollten diszipliniert werden, nicht hospitalisiert.

We must be content to grow slowly. Most of us will still barely be at the beginning of our recovery by the time we die. But that is better than killing ourselves pretending to be healthy.

The outside of a horse is good for the inside of man.

Your peace won't begin after you heal, but when you agree to heal.

Get your appointment book out and schedule do-nothing-but-relax periods during the week, and then keep those appointments.

Once you start paying attention to your body's vibes, you'll appreciate how faithfully they keep you informed, not only about what's really going on around you, but what's going on with your body itself.