“A healthy, dose of guilt never hurt anybody. It’s what civilization was built on, guilt. A highly underrated emotion.” 

“Rand Paul...said national health insurance is slavery. He said, I'm a physician, and if there's national health insurance, the government is forcing me to take care of somebody who is ill. Why should I be a slave to the state? Here we're getting capitalist pathology in its most extreme, lunatic form. It is the opposite of solidarity, mutual support, mutual help.” 

“The health care system in the United States, I’m sure you know, is a total international scandal. It’s twice the per capita cost of comparable countries and one of the worst outcomes, with a huge number of people uninsured altogether. And it’s going to get worse.” 

Knowing how little you matter is very important for your own mental health and happiness.

Just as the maintaining of good health may require the taking of unpleasant medicine, so the condition of being able to do the things we enjoy often requires the performance of a few we don’t.

The method for health promotion is based on water, as flowing water never grows stale. The idea is not to overdevelop or to overexert, but to normalize the function of the body.

“To get everything you want is not a good thing. Disease makes health seem sweet. Hunger leads to the appreciation of being full-fed. Tiredness creates the enjoyment of resting” 

Give me health and a day, and I will make the pomp of emperors ridiculous.

Health is the first muse, and sleep is the condition to produce it.

The best part of health is fine disposition. It is more essential than talent, even in the works of talent.

Health is the condition of wisdom, and the sign is cheerfulness – an open and noble temper.

The imagination is not a talent of some men but is the health of every man.

The health of the eye seems to demand a horizon. We are never tired, so long as we can see far enough.

The first wealth is health.

“I can cure AIDS, and I will.”

The trouble with always trying to preserve the health of the body is that it is so difficult to do without destroying the health of the mind.

“One should strive to understand what underlies sufferings and diseases – and aim for health and well-being while gaining in the path.”

Without health life is not life; it is only a state of langour and suffering – an image of death. The secret of health for both mind and body is not to mourn for the past, not to worry about the future, not to anticipate the future, but to live the present moment wisely and earnestly.

The secret of health for both mind and body is not to mourn for the past, not to worry about the future, not to anticipate the future, but to live the present moment wisely and earnestly.

Without health life is not life; it is only a state of langour and suffering – an image of death.

To keep the body in good health is a duty… otherwise we shall not be able to keep our mind strong and clear.

Health is the greatest gift, contentment the greatest wealth, faithfulness the best relationship.

To enjoy good health, to bring true happiness to one’s family, to bring peace to all, one must first discipline and control one’s own mind. If a man can control his mind he can find the way to Enlightenment, and all wisdom and virtue will naturally come to him.

Every human being is the author of his own health or disease.