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Medicine Quotes - Page 7

The body is to be compared, not to a physical object, but rather to a work of art.

The body is to be compared, not to a physical object, but rather to a work of art.

Maurice Merleau-Ponty (2002). “Phenomenology of Perception”, p.174, Routledge

A wise man ought to realize that health is his most valuable possession.

Hippocrates, Geoffrey Ernest Richard Lloyd, John Chadwick, William Neville Mann (1978). “Hippocratic writings”, Penguin (Non-Classics)

The mind is inherently embodied. Thought is mostly unconscious. Abstract concepts are largely metaphorical.

George Lakoff, Mark Johnson (1999). “Philosophy in the Flesh: The Embodied Mind and Its Challenge to Western Thought”, p.3, Basic Books

I would put belly laughing at the top of my highlights list. They always say that laughter is the best medicine.

"Carol Vorderman: I've piled on the pounds from partying" by Alun Palmer, www.mirror.co.uk. December 31, 2011.

Surgery is the red flower that blooms among the leaves and thorns that are the rest of medicine.

Richard Selzer (1996). “Letters to a Young Doctor”, p.48, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Your body is the ground metaphor of your life, the expression of your existence. It is your Bible, your encyclopaedia, your life story.

Gabrielle Roth, John Loudon (1998). “Maps to Ecstasy: A Healing Journey for the Untamed Spirit”, p.29, New World Library