John E. Sarno famous quotes

Last updated: Sep 5, 2024

It is perfectly acceptable to have a physical problem in our culture, but people tend to shy away from anything that has to do with the emotions.
-- John E. Sarno

#People #Shy #Culture
There's nothing like a little physical pain to keep your mind off your emotional problems.
-- John E. Sarno

#Pain #Emotional #Mind
It is my impression that 'pain-killing' drugs improve the patient's mood rather than take away the pain.
-- John E. Sarno

#Pain #Drug #Patient
... surgery is a powerful placebo, perhaps the ultimate placebo. The effectiveness of a placebo is directly proportional to the impression it makes on the patient's subconscious mind.
-- John E. Sarno

#Pain #Powerful #Effectiveness
Most doctors are uncomfortable with medical conditions that have a psychological basis.
-- John E. Sarno

#Pain #Doctors #Medical
... our diagnosis and treatment of of tension myositis syndrome represent yet another instance of what is possible when the power of the mind is mobilized for healing the body. It's not magic; it is as scientific as the appropriate use of antibiotics, for science encompasses everything that is true in nature.
-- John E. Sarno

#Pain #Healing #Magic
We must learn to recognize nature's truths even though we don't understand them, for some of those truths may still be beyond the ability of the human mind to comprehend. What we need is a compound prescription of humility, imagination, devotion to the truth and, above all, confidence in the eternal wisdom of nature.
-- John E. Sarno

#Pain #Humility #Imagination
A knowledgeable physical therapist can slowly build up patients' confidence by reassuring them that there is no structural problem and reminding them of the physiologic reason for the pain.
-- John E. Sarno

#Pain #Patient #Problem
... it is highly unlikely that a structural derangement could produce pain equal in severity to acute muscle spasm.
-- John E. Sarno

#Pain #Injury #Unlikely

Facts are what pedantic, dull people have instead of opinions.
Often we want people to pray for us and help us, but we always defeat our object when we look too much to them and lean upon them. The true secret of union is for both to look upon God, and in the act of looking past themselves to Him they are unconsciously united.
My goal has been to encourage jointness, to push people to think of affiliations rather than to operate as solo entrepreneurs.
People who deal with life generously and large-heartedly go on multiplying relationships to the end.
Find a need and fill it. Successful businesses are founded on the needs of people.
I'm so shy now I wear sunglasses everywhere I go.
I was painfully shy, and I had tremendous difficulty making friends. So, lacking friends, I watched other people. Watching is something all writers must do, and it was in junior high that I learned to do it.
Music knows no barrier of age or culture. It isnâ€™t about being politically correct or even making a statement. Music is what appeals to the ears and touches your soul.
The exclusion of true esoteric religion has been the business of the State since ancient times. At first this was done via the establishment of the popular idealism of exoteric religious institutions in league with the State. But in modern times the same process is done by the strategic exclusion of conventional religious cultism, mystical idealism, and higher evolutionary Wisdom from the mechanisms of popular culture.
Any good teacher knows how important it is to connect with students and understand our culture.

John E. Sarno famous quotes

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