"The pursuit of health is a symptom of unhealth. When this pursuit is no longer a personal yearning but part of state ideology, healthism for short, it becomes a symptom of political sickness."

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Source : The Death of Humane Medicine (1994)

Petr Skrabanek

#Political Quotes #Sickness Quotes #Symptoms Quotes

“You can use an eraser on the drafting table or a sledge hammer on the construction site.”
“I keep a gratitude log, which helps to remind me of all the blessings I experience daily.”

Source : "Empire Actor Grace Gealey: Gratitude and Forgiveness". Interview with Maranda Pleasant, www.marandapleasantmedia.com. January 27, 2015.
“You menace others with your deadly fangs. But in tormenting them, you are only tormenting yourselves.”
“Every book is a great action and every great action is a book!”
“God Almighty is, to be sure, unmoved by passion or appetite, unchanged by affection; but then it is to be added that He neither sees nor hears nor perceives things by any senses like ours; but in a manner infinitely more perfect.”

Source : Joseph Butler (2012). “Human Nature and other Sermons”, p.35, Simon and Schuster
“...the question, Why try for greatness? would seem almost tautological. If you're doing something you care that much about, and you believe in its purpose deeply enough, then it is impossible to imagine not trying to make it great. It's just a given.”
“Just as war is waged with the blood of others, fortunes are made with other people's money.”
“Money to me is just the biggest blessing in the world that allows me freedom.”

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