The trouble
with always trying to preserve the health of the body is that it is
so difficult to do without destroying the health of the mind.
~ G.K. Chesterton
There's lots of people in this world who spend so much time watching
their health that they haven't the time to enjoy it. ~ Josh
Billings
The greatest wealth is health. ~ Virgil
I reckon being ill as one of the great pleasures of life, provided
one is not too ill and is not obliged to work till one is better.
~ Samuel Butler, The Way of All Flesh, 1903
Life expectancy would grow by leaps and bounds if green vegetables
smelled as good as bacon. ~ Doug Larson
Health is a state of complete physical, mental and social
well-being, and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity.
~ World Health Organization, 1948
The power of love to change bodies is legendary, built into
folklore, common sense, and everyday experience. Love moves
the flesh, it pushes matter around.... Throughout history,
"tender loving care" has uniformly been recognized as a
valuable element in healing. ~ Larry Dossey
Eat right, exercise regularly, die anyway. ~ Author Unknown
Health nuts are going to feel stupid someday, lying in hospitals
dying of nothing. ~ Redd Foxx
As a people, we have become obsessed with Health. There is
something fundamentally, radically unhealthy about all this.
We do not seem to be seeking more exuberance in living as much as
staving off failure, putting off dying. We have lost all
confidence in the human body. ~ Lewis Thomas, The Medusa
and the Snail, 1979
The best six doctors anywhere
And no one can deny it
Are sunshine, water, rest, and air
Exercise and diet.
These six will gladly you attend
If only you are willing
Your mind they'll ease
Your will they'll mend
And charge you not a shilling.
~ Nursery rhyme quoted by Wayne Fields, What the River Knows,
1990
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