The most basic and powerful way to connect to another person is to listen. Just listen. Perhaps the most important thing we ever give each other is our attention.... A loving silence often has far more power to heal and to connect than the most well-intentioned words.

- Rachel Naomi Remen

I stand in awe of my body.

- Henry David Thoreau

Most of us would be upset if we were accused of being "silly." But the word "silly" comes from the old English word "selig," and its literal definition is "to be blessed, happy, healthy and prosperous."

- Zig Ziglar

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.

- Buddha

Leave all the afternoon for exercise and recreation, which are as necessary as reading. I will rather say more necessary because health is worth more than learning.

- Thomas Jefferson

Moderation. Small helpings. Sample a little bit of everything. These are the secrets of happiness and good health.

- Julia Child

Criticism may not be agreeable, but it is necessary. It fulfills the same function as pain in the human body. It calls attention to an unhealthy state of things.

- Winston Churchill

I find that if I just taste everything and eat small portions I maintain my weight. I watch my fat intake, but I eat hearty.

- Julia Child

Early to bed and early to rise, makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise.

- Benjamin Franklin

Look to your health -- and value it next to a good conscience; for health is ... a blessing that money cannot buy.

- Izaak Walton

It is exercise alone that supports the spirits, and keeps the mind in vigor.

- Cicero

If I had not been already been meditating, I would certainly have had to start. I've treated my own depression for many years with exercise and meditation, and I've found that to be a tremendous help.

- Judy Collins

America's health care system is neither healthy, caring, nor a system.

- Walter Cronkite

It is no measure of health to be well adjusted to a profoundly sick society.

- Jiddu Krishnamurti

To me, good health is more than just exercise and diet. It's really a point of view and a mental attitude you have about yourself.

- Angela Lansbury

Sendentary people are apt to have sluggish minds. A sluggish mind is apt to be reflected in flabbiness of body and in a dullness of expression that invites no interest and gets none.

- Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy



We cannot seek or attain health, wealth, learning, justice or kindness in general. Action is always specific, concrete, individualized, unique.

- Benjamin Jowett



Look to your health; and if you have it, praise God, and value it next to a good conscience; for health is the second blessing that we mortals are capable of; a blessing that money cannot buy.

- Izaak Walton



Happiness is nothing more than good health and a bad memory.

- Albert Schweitzer