Much of your pain is self-chosen. It is the bitter potion by which the physician within you heals your sick self. – Kahlil Gibran, The Prophet, 1923

Real healing happens when we dare to breathe in the universe, stretching both body and soul to reach for balance and truth. Sometimes, healing moments take forever to arrive. At other times, they fall in our laps with sheer grace, like a feather from an unseen bird. – Kristina Turner, The Self-Healing Cookbook, 2002, originally published 1987 [a l

Everybody needs beauty as well as bread, places to play in and pray in, where Nature may heal and cheer and give strength to body and soul alike. – John Muir, The Yosemite