Quotes about Illness

Illness is the doctor to whom we pay most heed; to kindness, to knowledge, we make promise only; pain we obey. Votes: 6

I enjoy convalescence. It is the part that makes the illness worth while. Votes: 4

The secret of learning to be sick is this: Illness doesn't make you less of what you were. You are still you. Votes: 4

A lot of people don't realize that depression is an illness. I don't wish it on anyone, but if they would know how it feels, I swear they would think twice before they just shrug it. Votes: 4

Sometimes I feel the only way I can get a major publisher interested in mental illness is if I find a character who has bipolar disorder and is also a love-sick vampire attending an English school called Hogwarts. But I'm not giving up. Votes: 4

One of the things psychologists used to say was that if you are depressed, anxious or angry, you couldn't be happy. Those were at opposite ends of a continuum. I believe that you can be suffering or have a mental illness and be happy - just not in the same moment that you're sad. Votes: 4

Literature + Illness = Illness Votes: 3

Illness is the proving ground of friendship. Votes: 3

Illness begins with "I", Wellness begins with "we Votes: 3

Illness isn't the only thing that spoils the appetite. Votes: 3

Illness strikes men when they are exposed to change. Votes: 3

Illness sets the stage for the opening of our hearts. Votes: 3

Illness can make us behave in the most surprising ways. Votes: 3

Illness sets the mind free sometimes to roam and surmise. Votes: 3

Illness cannot exist in a body that has harmonious thoughts. Votes: 3

Illness is the opposite of freedom. It makes everything impossible. Votes: 3

It is in my head! That's why it's called Mental Illness. Votes: 3

Illness has always brought me nearer to a state of grace. Votes: 3

Illness is merely the bitter, which a wise Providence mingles in the cup of life. Votes: 3

I admit I have Mental Illness so please no more 'Fruit Cakes' for Christmas Please Votes: 3

Illness and death are not optional. Patients have a right to determine how they approach them. Votes: 3

Illness is often a sign that you need to make an adjustment in your life path. Votes: 3

Illness was a sort of occupation to me, and I was always sorry to get well. Votes: 3

Illness and fatigue can be career ending. It mean the fans are sick and tired of you. Votes: 3

Illness is a clumsy attempt to arrive at health: we must come to nature's aid with intellect. Votes: 3

Illness is the most heeded of doctors: to goodness and wisdom we only make promises; pain we obey. Votes: 3

In the terms of 'Mental Illness' Isn't stable a place they put horses that wish to run free? Votes: 3

Illness and accidents were mysterious manifestations of the war of the spirits, fought on the battleground of the body. Votes: 3

The modern sympathy with invalids is morbid. Illness of any kind is hardly a thing to be encouraged in others. Votes: 3

Illness isolates; the isolated become invisible; the invisible become forgotten. But the snail....the snail kept my spirit from evaporating. Votes: 3

Illness reduces man to his basic state: a cloaca in which the chemical processes continue. The meaningless hegemony of the involuntary. Votes: 3

Illness is the great equalizer. It doesn't matter who you are, rich or poor, young or old, fat or thin, sick is sick. Votes: 3

Illness or pain is just an extension of negative emotion. When you are no longer feeling any resistance to it, it's a non-issue. Votes: 3

Illness is the result of improper removal of toxins from the body. Oxygen is the vital factor which assists the body in removing toxins. Votes: 3

Illness is the night-side of life, a more onerous citizenship. Everyone who is born holds dual citizenship, in the kingdom of the well and in the kingdom of the sick. Votes: 3

Refuse to be ill. Never tell people you are ill; never own it to yourself. Illness is one of those things which a man should resist on principle at the onset. Votes: 3

People get really irritated by mental illness. Votes: 2

Each patient carries his own doctor inside him. Votes: 2

If you be sick, your own thoughts make you sick Votes: 2

Romantic love is mental illness. But it's a pleasurable one. Votes: 2

My goal is to see that mental illness is treated like cancer. Votes: 2

I have not missed a day from work because of illness since 1956. Votes: 2

It is dainty to be sick if you have leisure and convenience for it. Votes: 2

To safeguard one's health at the cost of too strict a diet is a tiresome illness, indeed. Votes: 2

I want to show that the dividing lines between sanity and mental illness have been drawn in the wrong place. Votes: 2

My illness is due to my doctor's insistence that I drink milk, a whitish fluid they force down helpless babies. Votes: 2

For too long we have swept the problems of mental illness under the carpet... and hoped that they would go away. Votes: 2

The more serious the illness, the more important it is for you to fight back, mobilizing all your resources-spiritual, emotional, intellectual, physical. Votes: 2

[It] is capable of driving people to such dangerous folly that faith seems to me to qualify as a kind of mental illness. Votes: 2

Even if you have a terminal disease, you don't have to sit down and mope. Enjoy life and challenge the illness that you have. Votes: 2

I felt held hostage by her illness and by the backward mental health system that once again was incapable of helping our family in crisis. Votes: 2

Thank Heaven! The crisis /The danger is past, and the lingering illness, is over at last /, and the fever called ''Living'' is conquered at last. Votes: 2

Mental illness can happen to anybody. You can be a dustman, a politician, a Tesco worker... anyone. It could be your dad, your brother or your aunt. Votes: 2

Like the experience of warfare, the endurance of grave or terminal illness involves long periods of tedium and anxiety, punctuated by briefer interludes of stark terror and pain. Votes: 2

Yes, this is 21st-century America. Where we have better means to treat mental illness than ever before, but choose to let the insane people decide to get it or not. Votes: 2

Neurotics complain of their illness, but they make the most of it, and when it comes to talking it away from them they will defend it like a lioness her young. Votes: 2

Mental illness, of course, is not literally a 'thing' - or physical object - and hence it can 'exist' only in the same sort of way in which other theoretical concepts exist. Votes: 2

I think those who have a terminal illness and are in great pain should have the right to choose to end their own life, and those that help them should be free from prosecution. Votes: 2

Several politicians and wives of politicians have been public about their experiences with depression or bipolar illness, including Lawton Chiles, Patrick Kennedy, Tipper Gore and Kitty Dukakis. Each made a tremendous difference by doing so. Votes: 2

People that go through serious illness - you can either go one way or the other. You can either become despondent about it all. Or it kind of rejuvenates you, makes you focus on what's important. Votes: 2

Suffering is always hard to quantify - especially when the pain is caused by as cruel a disease as Alzheimer's. Most illnesses attack the body; Alzheimer's destroys the mind - and in the process, annihilates the very self. Votes: 2

They show that roughly two-thirds of a group of neurotic patients will recover or improve to a marked extent within about two years of the onset of their illness, whether they are treated by means of psychotherapy or not. Votes: 2

Love never dies a natural death. It dies because we don't know how to replenish its source. It dies of blindness and errors and betrayals. It dies of illness and wounds; it dies of weariness, of witherings, of tarnishings. Votes: 2

I am one of millions who have been treated for depression and gotten well; I was lucky enough to have a psychiatrist well versed in using lithium and knowledgeable about my illness, and who was also an excellent psychotherapist. Votes: 2

People with mental health problems are almost never dangerous. In fact, they are more likely to be the victims than the perpetrators. At the same time, mental illness has been the common denominator in one act of mass violence after another. Votes: 2

I've always been aware of my health - when you are having to go on stage and perform, you need to be feeling good - but when I was diagnosed with a life-threatening illness, I became really, really conscious of my health. Votes: 2

I suspect that here theists and atheists would agree: Human beings have within them the ability to choose evil or good. We wake up each day facing the age-old struggle of good and evil. In some situations, mental illness clouds our judgment. Votes: 2

I don't worry. I'm more stoical. Of course I have insecurities. I fear getting older. I fear death and illness. I'm not prone to depression, but I get depressed because everybody gets depressed. Suddenly I'm away from my family or doing a job I'm not enjoying. Votes: 2

It is in moments of illness that we are compelled to recognize that we live not alone but chained to a creature of a different kingdom, whole worlds apart, who has no knowledge of us and by whom it is impossible to make ourselves understood: our body. Votes: 2

I get Tweets every day from people telling me that 'Hey, I'm going to overcome my injury or my illness. Cancer. Different diseases. I can beat it because Adrian Peterson showed me the determination and the willpower to be able to prosper and get through adversity whenever it comes.' Votes: 2

Sometimes it takes a wake-up call, doesn't it, to alert us to the fact that we're hurrying through our lives instead of actually living them; that we're living the fast life instead of the good life. And I think, for many people, that wake-up call takes the form of an illness. Votes: 2

Life always gives us exactly the teacher we need at every moment. This includes every mosquito, every misfortune, every red light, every traffic jam, every obnoxious supervisor (or employee), every illness, every loss, every moment of joy or depression, every addiction, every piece of garbage, every breath. Every moment is the guru. Votes: 2

While there are many experts in the psychoanalysis of individuals, there seems to be little active authority or understanding in the matter of the persistent shared madness in everyday life. It's as if collective mental illness doesn't exist except in the vernacular and in contemporary folk myth, where it remains trapped and politically useless. Votes: 2

Realize that illness and other temporal setbacks often come to us from the hand of God our Lord, and are sent to help us know ourselves better, to free ourselves of the love of created things, and to reflect on the brevity of this life and, thus, to prepare ourselves for the life which is without end. Votes: 2

Life is a series of baby steps along the way and if you add up these tiny little steps you take toward your goal, whatever it is, whether it's giving up something, a terrible addiction or trying to work your way through an illness. When you total up those baby steps you'd be amazed over the course of 10 years, the strides you've taken. Votes: 2

Some days, 24 hours is too much to stay put in, so I take the day hour by hour, moment by moment. I break the task, the challenge, the fear into small, bite-size pieces. I can handle a piece of fear, depression, anger, pain, sadness, loneliness, illness. I actually put my hands up to my face, one next to each eye, like blinders on a horse. Votes: 2

God can cure any illness. Votes: 0

Life is a terminal illness. Votes: 0

Spirit is impervious to illness. Votes: 0

Depression is a physical illness. Votes: 0

Art is a kind of illness. Votes: 0

Love is a grave mental illness. Votes: 0

Our illness is often our healing. Votes: 0

Heart disease is a food-borne illness. Votes: 0

When anxiety disrupts functioning, it's psychiatric illness. Votes: 0

Nothing more isolating than a mental illness. Votes: 0

To heal illness, begin by restoring balance. Votes: 0

There is no greater illness than discouragement! Votes: 0

Age and illness made one a dualist Votes: 0

A fatal recovery from a promising illness Votes: 0

Cinderella? Snow White? What's that? An illness? Votes: 0

Most illness begins with a negative mind. Votes: 0

Chronic disease is a food borne illness. Votes: 0

We spend too much time hiding illness. Votes: 0

I want to destigmatize the words mental illness. Votes: 0

Every illness is an opportunity for compassionate revelations. Votes: 0

Humility is a virtue; timidity is an illness. Votes: 0

grief is an illness I can't recover from. Votes: 0

Cancer, like any other illness, is a bore. Votes: 0

Health is just not valued until illness comes. Votes: 0

The perpetration of a crime is accompanied by illness! Votes: 0

Factions are a sign of illness in a party. Votes: 0

In illness words seem to possess a mystic quality. Votes: 0

We've all got a terminal illness. It's called life. Votes: 0

I am, emphatically. Mental illness triggered by xperimental error. Votes: 0

I am, emphatically. Mental illness triggered by xperimental error." Votes: 0

love is a mental illness, an obsessive-compulsive disorder romanticized! Votes: 0

Psychoanalysis is the mental illness it purports to cure Votes: 0

I can't remember missing a practice because of illness. Votes: 0

Birds born in a cage think flying is an illness. Votes: 0

The servant of God earns half a doctorate through illness Votes: 0

Life is a long agonized illness only curable by death. Votes: 0

When 'I' replaced with 'We', even the illness becomes wellness. Votes: 0

Most illness is just stress from not living in harmony Votes: 0

There is no illness that is not exacerbated by stress. Votes: 0

Since my illness, I've felt the presence of my angels. Votes: 0

We take refuge in illness and then are trapped there. Votes: 0

Death is in truth an illness from which we recover Votes: 0

My main memories of my father are of his illness. Votes: 0

Truly, only those who see illness as illness can avoid illness. Votes: 0

Dementia is our most-feared illness, more than heart disease or cancer. Votes: 0

Recovery from illness often seems like beginning life all over again. Votes: 0

I've just learned about his illness. Let's hope it's nothing trivial. Votes: 0

Every day silence harvests its victims. Silence is a mortal illness. Votes: 0

Depression is a treatable medical illness like cancer and heart disease. Votes: 0

Simon became inarticulate in his effort to express mankind's essential illness. Votes: 0

Faith is an unclassified cognitive illness disguised as a moral virtue. Votes: 0

Another person's illness is often harder to bear than one's own. Votes: 0

Concealing an illness is like keeping a beach ball under water. Votes: 0

There is a very fine line between hobby and mental illness. Votes: 0

There is no illness of the body except for the mind Votes: 0

I don't think there is one cause of Gulf War illness. Votes: 0

I don't think there is one cause of Gulf War illness. Votes: 0

I don't suffer from a mental illness, I live with it. Votes: 0

The sage is not ill, because he sees illness as illness. Votes: 0

The most important thing in illness is never to lose heart. Votes: 0

He was better than any drug, any remedy for her illness. Votes: 0

Most people die from the remedy rather than from the illness. Votes: 0

This loss of self contributes to illness in its myriad forms. Votes: 0

No one can control the aging process or the trajectory of illness. Votes: 0

Some of my earlier songs are kind of more about mental illness. Votes: 0

When there's a terrible illness like AIDS sweeping through, you help people. Votes: 0

Stress is nothing more than a socially acceptable form of mental illness. Votes: 0

Your illness is not your identity. Your chemistry is not your character. Votes: 0

Our health is a voyage and every illness is an adventure story. Votes: 0

Mental illness is not in the business of making sense of itself. Votes: 0

You can die of the cure before you die of the illness. Votes: 0

I think that most of us instinctively avoid people with mental illness. Votes: 0

The Republicans have a new healthcare proposal: Just say NO to illness! Votes: 0

The number one root of all illness, as we know, is stress Votes: 0

Without fear and illness, I could never have accomplished all I have Votes: 0

Sin is a spiritual illness; thus sinners are in need of salvation. Votes: 0

To be too conscious is an illness. A real thorough going illness. Votes: 0

Depression is an illness and not a necessary part of healthy living. Votes: 0

illness is regarded as a crime, and crime is regarded as illness ... Votes: 0

Psychoanalysis is that mental illness for which it regards itself as therapy. Votes: 0

All signs of superhuman nature appear in man as illness or insanity. Votes: 0

I want to break down some of the stigma associated with mental illness. Votes: 0

The vast majority of people who have mental illness problems never hurt anybody. Votes: 0

Tradition is a kind of mental illness with a clear symptom of repetitiveness. Votes: 0

Living in the past is like choosing to cling to a chronic illness. Votes: 0

I do not know a better cure for mental illness than a book. Votes: 0

Worrying about things beyond your control is a pretty good formula for illness. Votes: 0

Nostalgia is an illness for those who haven't realized that todayis tomorrow's nostalgia. Votes: 0

It's a different sort of love taht puts up with illness. Old love. Votes: 0

The family unit is the institution for the systematic production of mental illness. Votes: 0

The foundation of all mental illness is the unwillingness to experience legitimate suffering. Votes: 0

Doubt "¦ is an illness that comes from knowledge and leads to madness. Votes: 0

Mental illness seems to be a communication problem between interpreters one and two. Votes: 0

Serious illness doesn't bother me for long because I am too inhospitable a host. Votes: 0

Treating an identity as an illness invites real illness to make a braver stand. Votes: 0

Really, becoming a writer sounds more like a mental illness than a professional choice. Votes: 0

The essence of illness is the freezing of behavior into unalterable and insatiable patterns. Votes: 0

Embodied courage chooses not to wait until illness or notice of death demands attention. Votes: 0

I have suffered from depression for most of my life. It is an illness. Votes: 0

Without anxiety and illness I should have been like a ship without a rudder. Votes: 0

Depression is very bad illness. This will be the toughest fight of my life. Votes: 0

"Death by love is fairer by far than death by illness", said Amenhotep III. Votes: 0

I believe in such a thing called mental illness that leads to some evil. Votes: 0

a person who gets angry at his own illness is sure to overcome it Votes: 0

Love is the kind of illness that does not spare the intelligent or the dull. Votes: 0

People, unprotected by their roles, become isolated in beauty and intellect and illness and confusion. Votes: 0

The denial of suffering is, in fact a better definition of illness than its acceptance. Votes: 0

Bipolar is an illness not a hopeless destination it can be maintained with proper medication Votes: 0

We cause our diseases. We are directly responsible for any illness that happens to us. Votes: 0

Mental illness is so much more complicated than any pill that any mortal could invent Votes: 0

Wellness is cheaper than illness. It costs us time and money when children get sick. Votes: 0

When a man is ill nothing is so important to him as his own illness. Votes: 0

Mental illness is nothing to be ashamed of, but stigma and bias shame us all. Votes: 0

God gave me this illness to remind me that I'm not Number One; He is. Votes: 0

Time is eating away my memory. Time, and this illness, this trespasser in my brain. Votes: 0

If you don't make time for exercise, you'll probably have to make time for illness. Votes: 0

Many people find themselves with illness as they become successful: higher blood pressure and diabetes. Votes: 0

I didn't know a damned thing about mental illness and neither did anyone around me. Votes: 0

Unhappiness and dissatisfaction with life are not signs of mental illness, but of growing intelligence. Votes: 0

I don't believe you have to have eating disorders and mental illness to screw up. Votes: 0

There is no such thing as mental illness, hence also no such thing as psychotherapy. Votes: 0

The best way to reduce the cost of medical care is to reduce the illness. Votes: 0

I take medication every day for mental illness and depression and don't feel bad about it. Votes: 0

A love like that was a serious illness, an illness from which you never entirely recover. Votes: 0

Psychotherapy' is a private, confidential conversation that has nothing to do with illness, medicine, or healing. Votes: 0

Though bitter, good medicine cures illness. Though it may hurt, loyal criticism will have beneficial effects. Votes: 0

We are all frail-embodied creatures, who at times suffer through injustice, abuse, illness, pain and misfortune. Votes: 0

I swear, gentlemen, that to be too conscious is an illness - a real thorough-going illness. Votes: 0

I did not fully understand the dread term 'terminal illness' until I saw Heathrow for myself. Votes: 0

Physical activity within four hours of bedtime and illness can also cause this type of insomnia. Votes: 0

Writing a book is a horrible, exhausting struggle, like a long bout of some painful illness. Votes: 0

A tax cut is really one of the anecdotes to coming out of an economic illness. Votes: 0

Have you noticed that only in time of illness or disaster or death are people real? Votes: 0

It's not a query of staying wholesome. It's a query of discovering a illness you want. Votes: 0

I believe it is better to be prepared for illness than to wait for a cure. Votes: 0

I find it easy to spot a depressive. The illness is scrawled across them like graffiti. Votes: 0

For every human illness, somewhere in the world there exists a plant which is the cure. Votes: 0

If many remedies are prescribed for an illness you can be sure it has no cure Votes: 0

'Psychotherapy' is a private, confidential conversation that has nothing to do with illness, medicine, or healing. Votes: 0

Love in an animal sense is an illness, but a necessity which one has to overcome. Votes: 0

MS is not really a degenerative illness. It is not fatal, nor is it always progressive. Votes: 0

People accuse me of glamorizing mental illness. Looking back sometimes, that's true. But I don't feel guilty. Votes: 0

If your stature were an illness, it seems that the Centipede dispenses medicine to make you well. Votes: 0

Any treatment of an illness that does not also minister to the human spirit is grossly deficient. Votes: 0

My daughter, unfortunately, is ill, because drug addiction is an illness. She's been fighting it for years. Votes: 0

Rescue someone unwilling to look after himself, and he will cling to you like a dangerous illness. Votes: 0

We're becoming so much better at destigmatizing all sorts of things, including mental illness in 'Silver Linings'. Votes: 0

Love often leads to healing, while fear and isolation breed illness. And our biggest fear is abandonment. Votes: 0

Societies need to have one illness which becomes identified with evil, and attaches blame to its victims. Votes: 0

To be unwed and female was to succumb to an illness with only one known cure: marriage. Votes: 0

His mother understood my illness immediately, that it was my world rather than myself that was diseased. Votes: 0

If a person can turn from predicting illness to anticipating recovery, the foundation for cure is laid. Votes: 0

Anxiety, the illness of our time, comes primarily from our inability to dwell in the present moment. Votes: 0

Why do they always prescribe thyroid medicine to go with the mental illness cocktails they whip up? Votes: 0

People who cannot find time for recreation are obliged sooner or later to find time for illness. Votes: 0

Those who speak most of illness have illness, those who speak most of prosperity have it..etc.. Votes: 0

The joy you bring us is so much greater than the sadness we feel about your illness. Votes: 0

I think that that's the wisest thing - to prevent illness before we try to cure something. Votes: 0

But Gulf War Syndrome is not one cause, not one illness. It is many causes, many illnesses. Votes: 0

But Gulf War Syndrome is not one cause, not one illness. It is many causes, many illnesses. Votes: 0

I assume that to prevent illness in later life, you should never have been born at all. Votes: 0

I think our family is like a lot of families. We had no vocabulary for mental illness Votes: 0

Daily exercise is an insurance policy against future illness. The best Leaders Without Titles are the fittest. Votes: 0

If the national mental illness of the United States is megalomania, that of Canada is paranoid schizophrenia. Votes: 0

I believe that all the important people in my life prior to 1982 were victimized by my illness. Votes: 0

In the wealthiest nation on Earth, no illness or accident should lead to any family's financial ruin. Votes: 0

I believe that all the important people in my life prior to 1982 were victimized by my illness Votes: 0

To be sick and helpless is a humiliating experience. Prolonged illness also carries the hazard of narcissistic self-absorption. Votes: 0

Going through an illness and then death of a close friend has changed my attitudes to friendship enormously. Votes: 0

The real illness of the American city today, and especially of the deprived groups within it, is voicelessness. Votes: 0

Forty percent of the people who are being treated for mental illness are not addressing the physical body. Votes: 0

There are scientists all around the world looking for the genes responsible for bipolar illness and major depression. Votes: 0

Everything is already healed, except in the dream of illness. Let the illusion go, in exchange for peace. Votes: 0

Never give up on someone with a mental illness. When "I" is replaced by "We", illness becomes wellness. Votes: 0

Worry is itself an illness, since worry is an accusation against Divine Wisdom, a criticism of Divine Mercy. Votes: 0

Very often your attitude about why an accident or illness has happened has an effect on your recuperation. Votes: 0

We're becoming so much better at destigmatizing all sorts of things, including mental illness in 'Silver Linings.' Votes: 0

Most of the albums that have taken long have been related to illness and fatigue or producer problems. Votes: 0

Promiscuity in men may cheapen love but sharpen thought. Promiscuity in women is illness, a leakage of identity. Votes: 0

Mental illness leaves a huge legacy, not just for the person suffering it but for those around them. Votes: 0

I think the stigma attached to mental illness will disappear just like it did for cancer years ago. Votes: 0

Having a go at kids with a terminal illness is really beyond the pale, absolutely beyond the pale. Votes: 0

Loneliness as a situation can be corrected, but as a state of mind it is an incurable illness. Votes: 0

My brother-in-law had to give up his last job because of illness. His boss became sick of him. Votes: 0

The good thing about having this illness is that it allows me to be a little bit crazy. Votes: 0

I went through a pretty serious illness early in my life and I made a movie about that. Votes: 0

The easiest time to cure an illness is before it is accepted as a part of the self-image. Votes: 0

Words can make the illness a subject I can master, and not one that one simply emotes over. Votes: 0

...the right of the individual to elect freely the manner of his care in illness must be preserved. Votes: 0

The worse illness of our time, is that so many people have to suffer from never being loved Votes: 0

I dislike helplessness in other people and in myself, and this is by far my greatest fear of illness. Votes: 0

Mental illness and creativity are - it's a thin line in between the two. I tend to believe that. Votes: 0

In an ideal world, it would not take a film star to get the media focused on mental illness. Votes: 0

If you want to treat an illness that has no easy cure, first of all, treat them with hope. Votes: 0

AIDS today is not a death sentence. It can be treated as a chronic illness, or a chronic disease. Votes: 0

Knowing that you do not know is the best. Not knowing that you do not know is an illness. Votes: 0

Mental illness is not something you misunderstand in this era. Get educated because bias is no different than racism. Votes: 0

Your pantry is your first line of defense against food-borne illness and things like high blood pressure and cholesterol. Votes: 0

One in four of us will have a mental illness at some point. That is a lot of people. Votes: 0

Acknowledging the important role of the emotions in health and illness, medicine must reexamine its concepts of disease causation. Votes: 0

It is human nature to look away from illness. We don't enjoy a reminder of our own fragile mortality. Votes: 0

One of the things that's so striking about shamanism in the native context is the absence of mental illness. Votes: 0

Many doctors spend their time looking For the symptoms of illness, Rarely acknowledging that illness is itself a symptom. Votes: 0

The hospital room was as cold as dead skin, the hallway crowded with lost souls and reeking of illness. Votes: 0

Well, I like to think that my illness has prevented me from rising to any number of dizzy heights. Votes: 0

Old age is not an illness, it is a timeless ascent. As power diminishes, we grow toward the light. Votes: 0

Well, I like to think that my illness has prevented me from rising to any number of dizzy heights. Votes: 0

Love is mental illness going in and mental illness coming out. In between, you do a lot of laundry. Votes: 0

I hate knowing about illness. Whenever I read a medical book, I immediately start to get all the symptoms. Votes: 0

I've lost count of the interviews I've done about my illness and its relationship to my ideas and writing. Votes: 0

I was diagnosed with Graves' disease, an illness of the thyroid gland. Instead of surgery, I was given radiation treatment. Votes: 0

It's been an incredible odyssey to make the journey from a vibrantly healthy person to someone with a chronic illness. Votes: 0

To hate and to fear is to be psychologically ill. It is in fact the consuming illness of our time. Votes: 0

In terrible moments, in moments of revolution, of war or repression, of illness or death, people react with incredible strength. Votes: 0

Chronic disease is a foodborne illness. We ate our way into this mess, and we must eat our way out. Votes: 0

Stigma against mental illness is a scourge with many faces, and the medical community wears a number of those faces. Votes: 0

The prevalence of mental illness compels me to give it - and the people suffering from it - a voice. Votes: 0

If this was mental illness, or even just a particularly clinical case of adolescence, I was bearing up pretty well. Votes: 0

If you constantly think of illness, you eventually become ill; if you believe yourself to be beautiful, you become so. Votes: 0

In the last stages of a final illness, we need only the absence of pain and the presence of family. Votes: 0

In my opinion, our health care system has failed when a doctor fails to treat an illness that is treatable. Votes: 0

It's almost like a sign of mental illness to base your self-worth on the opinions of complete strangers, you know? Votes: 0

Nobody's safe. Health insurance? That didn't protect 1 million Americans who were financially ruined by illness or medical bills last year. Votes: 0

I think people don't understand how intimately tied suicide is to mental illness, particularly to depressive illness and bipolar illness. Votes: 0

I'm thinking only of my illness and my health, though both, the first as well as the second, are you. Votes: 0

Because there is no glory in illness. There is no meaning to it. There is no honor in dying of. Votes: 0

So intense was his sexual frustration that it had begun to feel like a life-threatening illness: testicular gout, libidinal gangrene. Votes: 0

When I paint a woman in an armchair, the armchair is there to show illness and death-or as a protection. Votes: 0

Stay focused on what is beautiful and abundant even as illness carves more and more of what you love away Votes: 0

The report of my illness grew out of his (James Clemens) illness. The report of my death was an exaggeration. Votes: 0

Fixing is the illness model; acceptance is the identity model; which way any family goes reflects their assumptions and resources. Votes: 0

I understood that menstruation - the indication that you're a real woman - stopped if you grew weak from illness Votes: 0

Occupying my mind with complex problems has been my best and most powerful and most reliable defense against my mental illness. Votes: 0

If the natural environment is changed and the electromagnetic radiation levels increase, then it may cause illness and disease in humans. Votes: 0

I think many people with a chronic illness would prefer not to have their chronic illness, simply because it's high maintenance. Votes: 0

The war between being and nothingness is the underlying illness of the twentieth century. Boredom slays more of existence than war. Votes: 0

This tendency to avoid problems and the emotional suffering inherent in them is the primary basis of all human mental illness Votes: 0

A serious illness or a death advertises the doctor exactly as a hanging advertises the barrister who defended the person hanged. Votes: 0

To the fantastic mental illness of Rationalism, hard facts are regrettable things, and to talk about them is to create them. Votes: 0

To the fantastic mental illness of Rationalism, hard facts are regrettable things, and to talk about them is to create them Votes: 0

If there's any illness for which people offer many remedies, you may be sure that particular illness is incurable, I think. Votes: 0

Social psychologist argued that even severe mental illness was the result of society labeling unusual behavior rather than of biochemical processes. Votes: 0

Pessimism is mental disease. It means illness in the person who voices it, and in the society which produces that person. Votes: 0

We are far betting dealing with the big losses-death, divorce, debt, and debilitating illness-than with the daily onslaught of little losses. Votes: 0

I wanna never have birth and fail as a father. I would never want the illness that killed in my Nana Votes: 0

Whether an illness affects your heart, your leg or your brain, it's still an illness, and there should be no distinction. Votes: 0

What if Van Gogh had taken medication for his mental illness? Would the world have been deprived of a great artist? Votes: 0

I thank God for this illness and these physical discomforts, because I have the time to converse with the Lord Jesus. Votes: 0

My biggest excuse to others and myself was that I had writer's block, as if it was some kind of illness. Votes: 0

The theatre is my drug. And my illness is so far advanced that my physic must be of the highest quality. Votes: 0

You are no more at fault for having depression than if you had asthma, diabetes, heart disease, or any other illness. Votes: 0

For too long we have swept the problems of mental illness under the carpet... and hoped that they would go away. Votes: 0

A lot of people have so many issues like depression, obesity or chronic illness that has to do with gut health. Votes: 0

Take a month and show some kindness for the folks who thought that blindness was an illness that affected eyes alone. Votes: 0

The difference between a crime of evil and a crime of illness is the difference between a sin and a symptom. Votes: 0

My twenties were a write-off. It's a cruel illness, because you can't see it and you can hide it so well. Votes: 0

What worse illness can there be than acute conventionality. You should pray every night that you don't wake up with it. Votes: 0

I want to die in my own way. It's my illness, my death, my choice. This is what saying yes means. Votes: 0

I decided to shift my energy and concentration into changing my lifestyle and diet and taking charge of my own illness. Votes: 0

My fear is dying badly, through illness or injury. But what a glorious demise it would be to burn up in space. Votes: 0

What some name well being, if bought by perpetual nervousness about weight loss plan, is not a lot better than tedious illness. Votes: 0

Hillary Clinton has an entire media empire that constantly demonizes Donald Trump, fails to point out several signs of illness by her. Votes: 0

Meaninglessnes s inhibits fullness of life and is therefore the equivalent to illness. Meaning makes a great many things endurable--perh aps everything. Votes: 0

Doctors are not fortune tellers, and neither am I. Having lived with disability since birth does not afford me immunity from illness. Votes: 0

Staying for your children is noble. However, staying with someone that teaches your children that selective evilness is okay is mental illness. Votes: 0

Lets try to come to a place of compassion about mental illness, in all its forms, and help each other find healing. Votes: 0

Grief is illness. You cannot breathe; you cannot walk or eat or sleep. The sickness is entire, the body and the spirit. Votes: 0

Ignorance is not bliss. Ignorance is poverty. Ignorance is devastation. Ignorance is tragedy. And ignorance is illness. It all stems from ignorance. Votes: 0

In our well-policed society we recognize that an illness is serious from the fact that we don't dare speak of it directly. Votes: 0

While producing art works, illusions appear from time to time due to my mental illness. Every day is a struggle for me. Votes: 0

I cannot believe that my illness is natural. I suspect Satan, and therefore I am the more inclined to take it lightly. Votes: 0

The doctor may also learn more about the illness from the way the patient tells the story than from the story itself. Votes: 0

Diagnoses exist to help get people services they need - but there's no such thing as mental illness. We're all mentally ill. Votes: 0

I think the hardest obstacle I've ever had to overcome in my life is the illness and passing of my mother to cancer. Votes: 0

The soul's illness is more terrible and more difficult to understand than the illness of the body or any other type of malady. Votes: 0

People who tend not to report illness are people who are highly competitive and do not want to admit they are not coping. Votes: 0

I learned the hard way how desperately primitive is the technology we have for monitoring the health of someone with a chronic illness. Votes: 0

My character in 'Running With Scissors' is manic-depressive. She starts out as a wonderfully eccentric person, and then descends into a terrible illness. Votes: 0

Stripped of all their masquerades, the fears of men are quite identical: the fear of loneliness, rejection, inferiority, unmanageable anger, illness and death. Votes: 0

Religion is capable of driving people to such dangerous folly that faith seems to me to qualify as a kind of mental illness. Votes: 0

My illness is excruciating and difficult to cope with. It takes over your entire life and causes more suffering than I can describe. Votes: 0

The urge to make art or contemplate philosophy does not go away when you are sick. Those urges just become transfigured by illness. Votes: 0

We have to be very conscious of the fact that beneath every illness is a prohibition. A prohibition that comes from a superstition. Votes: 0

In the case of my husband, we found that facing a life-threatening illness prodded us to make a dramatic change in our lives. Votes: 0

Tranquillity is contagious, peace is contagious. One only thinks of the contagiousness of illness, but there is the contagion of serenity and joy. Votes: 0

A delusion held by one person is a mental illness, held by a few is a cult, held by many is a religion. Votes: 0

A diet rich in fruits and vegetables plays a role in reducing the risk of all the major causes of illness and death Votes: 0

I think so many families are touched by illness and loss, and we kind of overprotect our children often, you know, we sanitize. Votes: 0

By visiting patients in their home, by helping them come to terms with their illness, I could heal when I could not cure. Votes: 0

Nothing can be accomplished just by reading words. A sick man will never be cured of his illness through merely reading medical instructions! Votes: 0

I've accepted the fact I have mental illness but when my imaginary friends start calling me crazy that's where I draw the line Votes: 0

A lot of our entertainment throws into detail the stagnation and illness of how we live today-it's sad and it's sick... and it's profitable. Votes: 0

Because death and illness are the most horrible things in life, of course that's where the most absurdly funny things are going to happen. Votes: 0

Perfection is almost an illness with me, but sometimes I have moments where everything is absolutely clear and you can feel, rather than think. Votes: 0

Mental illness is a myth, whose function is to disguise and thus render more palatable the bitter pill of moral conflicts in human relations. Votes: 0

Through my illness I learned rejection. I was written off. That was the moment I thought, Okay, game on. No prisoners. Everybody's going down. Votes: 0

The concept of recovery is rooted in the simple yet profound realization that people who have been diagnosed with mental illness are human beings. Votes: 0

Though we tremble before uncertain futures may we meet illness, death and adversity with strength may we dance in the face of our fears. Votes: 0

One USDA scientist went so far as to claim that there has never been a documented case of food-borne illness from eating fermented vegetables. Votes: 0

Homosexuality is assuredly no advantage, but it is nothing to be ashamed of, no vice, no degradation, it cannot be classified as an illness. Votes: 0

Though we tremble before uncertain futures may we meet illness, death and adversity with strength may we dance in the face of our fears. Votes: 0

Autism is a complicated illness, and children with a variety of treatments and non-treatments show improvement over time, which is all to the good. Votes: 0

As I see it every single day you do one in every of two issues: construct well being or produce illness in your self. Votes: 0

When I talk about drugs and alcohol, I'm talking about sex addiction, gambling addiction, eating addiction, throwing-up addiction. I'm not talking about mental illness. Votes: 0

Telling a story of illness, one pulls a thread through a narrow opening flanked on one side by shame and the other by trivia. Votes: 0

When she woke briefly during her last illness and found all her family around her bedside: "Am I dying or is this my birthday?" Votes: 0

Physically, I'm healthy as a horse, always held up. But in the mental illness department, I got my share. It's just what I got. Votes: 0

One has the idea of a stupid man as perfectly healthy and ordinary, and of illness as making one refined and clever and unusual. Votes: 0

Portray [people with mental illness] sympathetically, and portray them in all the richness and depth of their experience as people, and not as diagnoses. Votes: 0

Every day I walk myself into a state of well-being and walk away from every illness; I have walked myself into my best thoughts. Votes: 0

There is no virtue in poverty and illness. we all have been created to be healthy and wealthy with more than enough for everyone. Votes: 0

No boxer in the history of boxing has had Parkinson's. There's no injury in my brain that suggests that the illness came from boxing. Votes: 0

The fork is your most powerful tool to change your health and the planet; food is the most powerful medicine to heal chronic illness. Votes: 0

Supposedly there's an actual, researched link between extreme creativity and mental illness, and I believe it because I've seen it with my own eyes. Votes: 0

The 'Idea of India' is an India of opportunity and aspiration. An India where: all are prosperous and happy, all are free from illness. Votes: 0

It can be difficult to present mental illness in film without resorting to devices that, if not handled well, can seem heavy-handed or cliché. Votes: 0

People who attend support groups who have been diagnosed with a life-challenging illness live on average twice as long after diagnosis as people who don't. Votes: 0

Depression as one example is an illness that has a chemical basis, but also is deeply embedded in cultural norms about gender, social class, race. Votes: 0

I continued blogging, but between illness and deadlines, did not manage to blog nearly as much as last year. I'm hoping to do better in 2016. Votes: 0

A transfer of money should never be involved in this profound situation. Although illness is profound, too, but medicine's a business today. It's a business. Votes: 0

Every citizen will be able, in his productive years when he is earning, to insure himself against the ravages of illness in his old age. Votes: 0

Let us give publicity to HIV/AIDS and not hide it, because [that is] the only way to make it appear like a normal illness Votes: 0

We learn as much from sorrow as from joy, as much from illness as from health, from handicap as from advantage and indeed perhaps more. Votes: 0

Progression and regression go hand in hand with mental health. It is a tough illness. You often take one step forward and ten steps back. Votes: 0

While obsession with one’s personal appearance is a sign of being a vacant prat, total oblivion to it is a sign of mental illness. Votes: 0

Every citizen will be able, in his productive years when he is earning, to insure himself against the ravages of illness in his old age Votes: 0

One always has the idea of a stupid man as perfectly healthy and ordinary, and of illness as making one refined and clever and unusual. Votes: 0

It sure is boring to be around people who are in character all the time. I always find it's closer to mental illness than acting excellence. Votes: 0

At the time I was diagnosed with Crohn's disease, my doctors told me that I had an incurable illness and they didn't know much about it. Votes: 0

I know of people who don't believe it, but depression is an illness, but unlike, say, a broken leg, you don't know when it'll get better. Votes: 0

I'd had my share of rain. My mother's illness ... had weighed on me, but the years before had been heavy, too. I was only twenty eight. Votes: 0

Over recent years, urbanisation, globalisation and the destruction of local cultures has led to a rise in the prevalence of mental illness in the developing world. Votes: 0

Once you're labeled as mentally ill, and that's in your medical notes, then anything you say can be discounted as an artefact of your mental illness. Votes: 0

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. Votes: 0

I don't like the term 'mental illness.' I'd rather just say 'mad.' Just like I always say 'loony bin,' not 'mental hospital.' Votes: 0

When you have a life-threatening illness like cancer, and you're faced with the alternative, it gives doing whatever it is you do a much sweeter taste. Votes: 0

Writing about my illness put me into places. It was very triggering. I had to completely remove myself and practice self-care. I learned to be patient. Votes: 0

Every type of evil we've got in us is the result of that one true illness of the human mind - that is, of being self-centered. Votes: 0

The relief of suffering is a great good. The curing of illness and disease - these are great human goods. This is the mission of medicine. Votes: 0

I love being from a screwed up family. We have everything in my family: prescription drug abuse, mental illness, one of my uncles is a Mormon. Votes: 0

Millions of working, uninsured Americans go to bed every night worrying what will happen to them and their families if a major illness or injury strikes. Votes: 0

If evil is empathy erosion, and empathy erosion is a form of illness, then evil turns out to be nothing more than a particularly awful psychological disorder. Votes: 0

Death means that a form of life dissolves or that the imminent possibility of dissolution exists, whether through our own death or through illness or old age. Votes: 0

To hate destructiveness, one must hate life as well: only death is an image of undistorted life ... organic life is an illness peculiar to our unlovely planet. Votes: 0

That was the way illness appeared in a house, in the corners, in between floorboards, on the hooks in the closet, along with the sweaters and coats. Votes: 0

We share in the certainty that people labeled with mental illness are first and above all, human beings. Our lives are precious and are of infinite value. Votes: 0

The sweetness that all longed for night and day. Some tragedy might be idly guessed at-loss or illness. She had the luminosity of those about to die. Votes: 0

A man's illness is his private territory and, no matter how much he loves you and how close you are, you stay an outsider. You are healthy. Votes: 0

We will continue to do all we can to protect the public health against these dietary supplements that have been found to cause serious illness and injury. Votes: 0

In childhood I developed a serious throat infection, and my heart stopped beating. I recovered from that illness with a voice that boomed forth like Kate Smith's! Votes: 0

You are not your illness. You have an individual story to tell. You have a name, a history, a personality. Staying yourself is part of the battle. Votes: 0

Mental illness is no myth, as some have claimed. It is a disturbance in our sense of possession of a stable inner self that survives its personae. Votes: 0

We must stop criminalizing mental illness. It's a national tragedy and scandal that the L.A. County Jail is the biggest psychiatric facility in the United States. Votes: 0

I believe it should be possible for someone stricken with a serious and ultimately fatal illness to choose to die peacefully with medical help, rather than suffer. Votes: 0

When people are facing a severe illness or a major surgery, that may be one of the most significant opportunities for spiritual transformation that they will encounter. Votes: 0

Mental illness is a disease and organic mental illness of young kids is becoming more and more of a disease... we do need to talk about it. Votes: 0

Death smells like homemade apple sauce as it cooks on the stove. It is not the strangling sense of illness. It is not fear. It is freedom. Votes: 0

I am more more terrified of living a comfortable life in a self-serving society and failing to follow Jesus than I am of any illness or tragedy. Votes: 0

There should be no more shame in acknowledging (mental illness) than in acknowledging a battle with high blood pressure or the sudden appearance of a malignant tumor. Votes: 0

My good fortune is not that I've recovered from mental illness. I have not, nor will I ever. My good fortune lies in having found my life. Votes: 0

A naturopath once told me you should never take antibiotics except if you have pneumonia, a kidney infection or some other serious illness. That's my philosophy, too. Votes: 0

We were never supposed to live until 40. We were built to self-destruct at 30, whether from cancer or mental illness. We're all going way beyond our expiration date. Votes: 0

My good fortune is not that I've recovered from mental illness. I have not, nor will I ever. My good fortune lies in having found my life. Votes: 0

We're used to comeback stories in the world of sports, but the Gail Devers story is remarkable. This is a comeback from an illness which almost killed her. Votes: 0

My suggestion is that there's no way out of the human condition. Sex, death, marriage, children, parents, illness. There's no way out. They're a misery, all of them. Votes: 0

Fatal illness has always been viewed as a test of moral character, but in the nineteenth century there is a great reluctance to let anybody flunk the test. Votes: 0

No severe or prolonged bodily illness followed this incident of the red-room: it only gave my nerves a shock, of which I feel the reverberation to this day. Votes: 0

Mere unorthodoxy or dissent from the prevailing mores is not to be condemned. The absence of such voices would be a symptom of grave illness to our society. Votes: 0

"Promise. Don't misunderstand me-you are quite vexing." He touches his tender jaw. "And you hit like a man. But you didn't cause his illness. That is his doing." Votes: 0

If we remove the hope of profit as a means to alleviate misfortune - poverty, illness, misery, disaster - we shall increase our misfortunes and make them permanent. Votes: 0

There's something universal about illness... Whether you like it, at some level all patients are saying, 'Daddy, Mommy, help me, tell me it's going to be alright.' Votes: 0

I think that people do things for a reason - that we have mental illness, that we have genetic wiring that can get triggered by certain environmental factors. Votes: 0

The more severe the pain or illness, the more severe will be the necessary changes. These may involve breaking bad habits, or acquiring some new and better ones. Votes: 0

Intellectual curiosity about one's own illness is certainly born of a desire for mastery. If I couldn't cure myself, perhaps I could at least begin to understand myself. Votes: 0

When illness enters a home, not only does it take hold of a body. It also weaves a dark web between hearts, a web where hope is trapped. Votes: 0

Paranoia is an illness I contracted in institutions. It is not the reason for my sentences to reform school and prison. It is the effect, not the cause. Votes: 0

Paranoia is an illness I contracted in institutions. It is not the reason for my sentences to reform school and prison. It is the effect, not the cause. Votes: 0

each time that I have run away - and from a habit it quickly became an illness - I have betrayed someone. Myself, but not always only myself. Votes: 0

Once illness strikes, you realize there's not a lot of time for you to do what you really need to do. And there's no time like the present. Votes: 0

The more you know about something, the harder it becomes. You become more and more of a perfectionist. I think it's a curse... It's a form of illness! Votes: 0

[I]t is difficult to imagine a set of beliefs more suggestive of mental illness than those that lie at the heart of many of our religious traditions. Votes: 0

The true definition of mental illness is when the majority of your time is spent in the past or future, but rarely living in the realism of NOW. Votes: 0

A collection makes its own demands. Many artists have been collectors. I think of it rather as an illness. I felt it was using up too much energy. Votes: 0

Disability has become a form of permanent welfare for a lot of folks. It's not that hard to prove a mental illness or mental issues or pain issues. Votes: 0

Life in a shelter or on the streets puts homeless kids and youth at a higher risk for physical and sexual assault and abuse, physical illness, including HIV/AIDS Votes: 0

I believe that illness has led me to a life of gratitude, so I consider Lyme disease at this point in my life to be a blessing in disguise. Votes: 0

Nothing is fair. The most one can hope is for things to be logical. Justice is a rare illness in a world that is otherwise a picture of health. Votes: 0

We know that mental illness is not something that happens to other people. It touches us all. Why then is mental illness met with so much misunderstanding and fear? Votes: 0

Woe to those who lead idle lives. Idleness is a dreadful illness and must be cured in childhood. If it is not cured then, it can never be cured. Votes: 0

An illness is like a journey into a far country; it sifts all one's experience and removes it to a point so remote that it appears like a vision. Votes: 0

Part of my approach to my illness has been to say I want to choose life, I want to keep going, I want to live fully until I die. Votes: 0

You can't make a woman happy. That's like trying to cure a fatal disease. The goal is to treat the symptoms so you can comfortably live with the illness. Votes: 0

15 Step is about how if you have mental illness and try to dance you look very funny. Whenever you see me dancing on stage, I'm imitating the mentally ill. Votes: 0

Give up smoking. Don't get so fat. So much illness is self-induced - which I can't stand. And I'm not a good nursemaid. Don't call me if you're ill. Votes: 0

Pathos activates the eyes and ears to see and hear. At times of pathos, illness opens doors to a reality which is closed to a healthy point of view. Votes: 0

We cannot wait any longer to deal with the structural causes of poverty, in order to heal our society from an illness that can only lead to new crises. Votes: 0

Temporary madness may be necessary in some cases, to cleanse and renovate the mind; just as a fit of illness is to carry off the humours of the body. Votes: 0

Ill health is an important factor that forces the poor to remain poor. If they make a little bit of money, one episode of illness can wipe them out. Votes: 0

Finding a calm place inside myself through meditation kind of helped me to get over a lot of mental illness ... it's just been a really great thing in my life. Votes: 0

I will tell you something about stories . . . They aren't just entertainment. Don't be fooled. They are all we have, you see, all we have to fight off illness and death. Votes: 0

If we are extremists, then we are not ashamed of it, for the conditions that our people suffer are extreme, and extreme illness can not be cured with moderate medicine Votes: 0

I think illness is a family journey, no matter what the outcome. Everybody has to be allowed to process it and mourn and deal with it in their own way. Votes: 0

Money is a result, wealth is a result, health is a result, illness is a result, your weight is a result. We live in a world of cause and effect. Votes: 0

The great thing with unhappy times is to take them bit by bit, hour by hour, like an illness. It is seldom the present, the exact present, that is unbearable. Votes: 0

You are also the physician who must watch over yourself. But in the course of every illness there are many days in which the physician can do nothing but wait. Votes: 0

I did as much research as I could and I took ownership of this illness, because if you don't take care of your body, where are you going to live? Votes: 0

It is not enough to belong to a religion. You also have to put it into practice. Religion is like medicine. You have to ingest it to combat the illness. Votes: 0

I'd read things, like people criticizing me. But no one likes to read stuff about that, and probably the main thing that was getting to me was me mum's illness. Votes: 0

Occasionally now I feel a wang that goes in my head - once you've got it you've got it. The [illness] was quite severe, leaving me deeply unhappy and frightened. Votes: 0

But the fact is that I wouldn't have won even a single Tour de France without the lesson of illness. What it teaches is this: pain is temporary. Quitting lasts forever. Votes: 0

I've got asthma. When I was 17 I forgot to take my medication and was taken to a hospital for almost two weeks. After that I've taken better care of my illness. Votes: 0

I am part of what she thinks is her illness, a symptom of which she thinks she has been cured. She, on the other hand, is what I was looking for. Votes: 0

Besides, wouldn't it be wonderful if no one ever had to worry about the random cruelty of fatal illness or the woes of old age attacking them or their loved ones? Votes: 0

I know terrorism is real. And I know fear of it distorts public judgment. Terrorism is like a chronic illness. We have to learn to contain it and live with it. Votes: 0

As special as it is to listen to your friends argue over whether or not you have a mental illness,I'm starting to get the urge to go back to class. Votes: 0

If we ask God for a calm, thankful heart that sees all the blessings His grace imparts, He can teach us many lessons in illness that can never be learned in health. Votes: 0

I have been dealing with illness and its manifestations since I was a teenager, and I think that gives me a very healthy respect for the things in life we can't control. Votes: 0

My whole family, all they talk about is food and disease. And they're competitive with illness: I have a cold. I wish I had a cold! I don't even have sinuses anymore. Votes: 0

We have much to be judged on when he comes, slums and battlefields and insane asylums, but these are the symptoms of our illness and the result of our failures in love. Votes: 0

If someone wishes for good health, one must first ask oneself if he is ready to do away with the reasons for his illness. Only then is it possible to help him. Votes: 0

I didn't want to do a zoo show. I didn't want to do a study of someone with mental illness. I just wanted to show someone who was trying to live their life. Votes: 0

does a sick society get so used to its illness that it can't remember being well? what if the memory is too dangerous for the people who like things the way they are? Votes: 0

Please believe that I do this because I am convinced that my illness cannot be helped for any length of time and I cannot bear to be a burden on anyone any longer. Votes: 0

I was very much a mess, as a person. I'd come from a very turbulent teenage life, with parents who had broken up in a very bad way, and a lot of illness at school. Votes: 0