Ivan Illich Quotes

Health is not a condition of matter, but of Mind.

The only reason to have a positive mental attitude is that it makes life better. It doesn't cure cancer.

To the sick, indeed, nature is sick, but to the well, a fountain of health.

For, after all, the foundation of our whole nature, and, therefore, of our happiness, is our physique, and the most essential factor in happiness is health, and, next in importance after health, the ability to maintain ourselves in independence and freedom from care.

Health is not a condition of matter, but of Mind; nor can the material senses bear reliable testimony on the subject of health.

As for health, consider yourself well.

Only by restoring the broken connections can we be healed. Connection is health. And what our society does its best to disguise from us is how ordinary, how commonly attainable, health is. We lose our health -- and create profitable diseases and dependencies -- by failing to see the direct connections between living and eating, eating and working, working and loving.

A sound mind in a sound body is a short but full description of a happy state in this world.

Strength and weakness of mind are misnomers; they are really nothing but the good or bad health of our bodily organs.

Health is like money, we never have a true idea of its value until we lose it.

Rest and play, are as vital to our health as nutrition and exercise

There are things that aren't represented in movies that are a big part of everyone's life. This is a movie about health and about the body.

The existence of illness in the body may no doubt be called a shadow of the true illness which is held by man in his mind.

Psychic health depends on orgastic potency, i.e., upon the degree to which one can surrender to and experience the climax of excitation in the natural sexual act. It is founded upon the healthy character attitude of the individual's capacity for love. Psychic illnesses are the result of a disturbance of the natural capacity for love.

Laughter is essential to our equilibrium, to our well-being, to our aliveness. If we're not well, laughter helps us get well. If we are well, laughter helps us stay that way.

Pray for a healthy mind in a healthy body.

The best part of health is fine disposition

A sense of humor has been linked with longevity. It is a possibility that the mental attitude reflected in a lively sense of humor is an important factor predisposing some people toward long life.

Have a healthy mental attitude; that's the most important thing and the best thing you can do for yourself.

Meditation is the only cure for all sicknesses that man is prone to; a single medicine. And I should remind you that the word meditation and medicine come from the same root. Medicine for the body and meditation for the soul. They both bring health.

Health depends on being in harmony with our souls

Once you have access to the source of creation within you, your health and wellbeing will naturally be taken care of.

Ill-health, of body or of mind, is defeat. Health alone is victory. Let all men, if they can manage it, contrive to be healthy!

I'm all about wellness.

Of course, everyone wants to be healthy. The amusing thing is no one's really sure how to do it.