Health

And thus the literary man has two fires in his body: the strain of his mental work and the overmuch of blood in his head…. Man, so rich in knowledge, has also become rich in diseases, but poor in health and physical strength. – Sebastian Kneipp, Thus Shalt Thou Live: Hints and Advice for the Healthy and the

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

The greatest wealth is health. – Virgil

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

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

In order to change we must be sick and tired of being sick and tired. – Author Unknown

A sad soul can kill you quicker than a germ. – John Steinbeck

He who takes medicine and neglects to diet wastes the skill of his doctors. – Chinese Proverb

Be careful about reading health books. You may die of a misprint. – Mark Twain

Physical ills are the taxes laid upon this wretched life; some are taxed higher, and some lower, but all pay something. – Lord Chesterfield

Diseases of the soul are more dangerous and more numerous than those of the body. – Cicero

If you have health, you probably will be happy, and if you have health and happiness, you have all the wealth you need, even if it is not all you want. – Elbert Hubbard

People who are always taking care of their health are like misers who are hoarding a treasure which they have never spirit enough to enjoy. – Laurence Sterne

The longer I live the less confidence I have in drugs and the greater is my confidence in the regulation and administration of diet and regimen. – John Redman Coxe, 1800

Fresh air impoverishes the doctor. – Danish Proverb

Water, air, and cleanliness are the chief articles in my pharmacopoeia. – NapoleonI

The I in illness is isolation, and the crucial letters in wellness are we. – Author unknown, as quoted in Mimi Guarneri, The Heart Speaks: A Cardiologist Rev

In minds crammed with thoughts, organs clogged with toxins, and bodies stiffened with neglect, there is just no space for anything else. – Alison Rose Levy, "An Ancient Cure for Modern Life," Yoga Journal, Jan/F