Health Quotes - Page 36

Thought is the seed of action.

There is nothing sacred or untouchable except the freedom to think. Without criticism, that is to say, without rigor and experimentation, there is no science, without criticism there is no art or literature. I would also say that without criticism there is no healthy society.

To be physically astute and psychologically tended, yet morally insulated and conceptually blind--is to be crazy, not healthy.

Australia is a very healthy country which goes along with the fact that it's very high on the Human Development Index, high wealth, good levels of education. So Australia ranks right up there, second or third on the Human Development Index. And Indigenous Australians, if you treated them as if they were a separate country, would rank probably about 100th or below 100.

What I do to take care of my heart is exercise and try to eat healthy.

A society is judged by the way it cares for its most vulnerable citizens. As an American, I am ashamed that we have turned out backs on millions of our children. I want to do my part to rectify this terrible situation.

I am pushing sixty. That is enough exercise for me.

All medicine comes down to this: Find out what's bugging you; get rid of it. Find out what you need; get it. The body does the rest.

My main goal is to stay healthy because when you're injured you realise how lucky you are to have your health.

Our body is a machine for living.

Health of body and mind is a great blessing, if we can bear it.

If compassion is so good for us, why don't we train our health care providers in compassion so that they can do what they're supposed to do, which is to transform suffering?

Some say vegetarianism is an alternative diet, but it is the original diet, the plan designed by God.

Health is not an objective condition which can be understood by the methods of natural science alone. It is rather a condition related to the mental attitude by which the individual has to value what is essential for his life.

I have called you by name, you are mine... you are precious in my sight.

The ideal doctor would be a man endowed with profound knowledge of life and of the soul, intuitively divining any suffering or disorder of whatever kind, and restoring peace by his mere presence.

It need not discourage us if we are full of doubts. Healthy questions keep faith dynamic. In fact, unless we start with doubts we cannot have a deep-rooted faith. One who believes lightly and unthinkingly has not much of a belief. One who has a faith which is not to be shaken has won it through blood and tears-has worked his or her way from doubt to truth as one who reaches a clearing through a thicket of brambles and thorns.

Every grown-up man consists wholly of habits, although he is often unaware of it and even denies having any habits at all.

The thousand mysteries around us would not trouble but interest us, if only we had cheerful, healthy hearts.

Wisdom is the mind what health is to the body.

To the fantastic mental illness of Rationalism, hard facts are regrettable things, and to talk about them is to create them

Money cannot buy health, but I'd settle for a diamond-studded wheelchair.

The chief condition on which, life, health and vigor depend on, is action. It is by action that an organism develops its faculties, increases its energy, and attains the fulfillment of its destiny.

True health is only possible when we understand the unity of our minds, emotions, spirits and physical bodies.

We need healthy forests if we want to protect our climate. As the climate changes, forests become more vulnerable to insect outbreaks, droughts and wildfires. Simultaneously, when our forests are destroyed, their carbon is released back into the atmosphere, further impacting climate change. It's a horrifying one-two punch.