Quotes about Health

Human lives are hard, even those of health and privilege, and don't make much sense. This is the message of the Book of Job: Any snappy explanation of suffering you come up with will be horseshit.

I suddenly have two stomachs—a regular tummy and another one below that, which I call the subcontinent. This older body is both amazingly healthy and a big disappointment.

Eating three times a day even if you're not hungry.

The poisons are our principal medicines, which kill the disease and save the life.

Mental tranquility and physical health are coveted, not the approbation of the Lord.

We all know the internal trials of the soul react upon the body, rending its nerves and affecting its strength—" A broken spirit drieth the bones" (Prov. 17: 22)

I'll never graduate from collagen.

I guess I am going to think about freezing my eggs.

The average age (longevity) of a meat eater is 63. I am on the verge of 85 and still work as hard as ever. I have lived quite long enough and am trying to die; but I simply cannot do it. A single beef-steak would finish me; but I cannot bring myself to swallow it. I am oppressed with a dread of living forever. That is the only disadvantage of vegetarianism.

Use your health, even to the point of wearing it out. That is what it is for. Spend all you have before you die; do not outlive yourself.

An asylum for the sane would be empty in America.

Ignorance is not so damnable as humbug; but when it prescribes pills it may happen to do more harm.