Quotes about Health

Intemperance. The most damaging forms of intemperance are connected with eating, strong drink, and sexual activities. Overindulgence in any of these is fatal to success.

There's a scripture that says, 'A merry heart doeth good like medicine.' I think that's true, too.

I don't do long juice cleanses because, for me, it messes up my metabolism, and I actually gain weight.

Many of us spend a lot of time sitting—too much time. We sit at our jobs, we sit at our computers, and we sit in our cars. To sit, in this book, means to sit in such a way that you enjoy sitting, to sit in a relaxed way, with your mind awake, calm, and clear. This is what we call sitting , and it takes some training and practice.

Therefore, in order to take care of you, I have to take care of myself.

If you can be aware that you have a living body, and notice when there's tension in your body, that's already an important insight.

Health, learning and virtue will ensure your happiness; they will give you a quiet conscience, private esteem and public honour.

I may grow rich by an art I am compelled to follow; I may recover health by medicines I am compelled to take against my own judgment; but I cannot be saved by a worship I disbelieve and abhor.

Our greatest happiness does not depend on the condition of life in which chance has placed us, but is always the result of a good conscience, good health, occupation, and freedom in all just pursuits.

Like all life, it grows sick and dies when it is uprooted from its proper element.

What I eventually found out was that as soon as I started to fast and deny myself pleasures and devote time to prayer and meditation and to the various exercises that belong to the religious life, I quickly got over all my bad health, and became sound and strong and immensely happy.

Well, they tell us meat isn't good for us anyway!