Like any of life's refining fires, cancer is a potentially profound learning experience. So what did I learn? I learned that profound… — Joni Rodgers Copy Share Image
A man's illness is his private territory and, no matter how much he loves you and how close you are, you stay… — Lauren Bacall Copy Share Image
Linda seemed to recognize loneliness. Possibly she could see it sitting opposite her, sipping lager and trying not to lose its temper.… — Nick Hornby Copy Share Image
“It never occurred to me that somehow women did know about it. It just never occurred to me. Yes I am wearing… — whoopi goldberg Copy Share Image
I had a serious childhood illness - sort of like spinal meningitis - that led to a three-month hospitalization. Afterward, I couldn't… — Tammy Baldwin Copy Share Image
Refuse to be ill. Never tell people you are ill; never own it to yourself. Illness is one of those things which… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I have had manic-depressive illness, also known as bipolar disorder, since I was 18 years old. It is an illness that ensures… — Kay Redfield Jamison Copy Share Image
The secret of learning to be sick is this: Illness doesn't make you less of what you were. You are still you. — Tony Snow Copy Share Image
Stress is nothing more than a socially acceptable form of mental illness. — Richard Carlson Copy Share Image
More than illness or death, the American journalist fears standing alone against the whim of his owners or the prejudices of his… — Lewis H. Lapham Copy Share Image
One day some people came to the master and asked: How can you be happy in a world of such impermanence, where… — Ajahn Chah Copy Share Image
“And the view was suddenly clear to me. The world opened out to its grim beyonds and I realized that, at forty,… — Kevin Barry Copy Share Image
The trouble is with socialism, which resembles a form of mental illness more than it does a philosophy. Socialists get bees in… — L. Neil Smith Copy Share Image
“no disease suffered by a live man can be known, for every living person has his own peculiarities and always has his… — Leo Tolstoy Copy Share Image
Because all actions and expressions stem from the mind, it is vital to know the mind as well as decide in what… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I'm not saying certain illnesses don't come from genetic baggage and all that. It would be too simplistic to summarize and make… — Caroline Dhavernas Copy Share Image
Fast food may appear to be cheap food and, in the literal sense it often is, but that is because huge social… — Prince Charles Copy Share Image
Is suffering so very serious? ...I'm referring to the kind of suffering a man inflicts on a woman or a woman on… — Sidonie Gabrielle Colette Copy Share Image
I think those who have a terminal illness and are in great pain should have the right to choose to end their… — Stephen Hawking Copy Share Image
. . . word-sniffing . . . is an addiction, like glue -- or snow -- sniffing in a somewhat less destructive… — M. F. K. Fisher Copy Share Image
I find life itself provides ample and sufficient tests of my valor and mettle: illness; betrayal; fruitless searches for love; working for… — David Rakoff Copy Share Image
A strong egoism is a protection against disease, but in the last resort we must begin to love in order that we… — Sigmund Freud Copy Share Image
You've got everything except one thing: madness! A man needs a little madness, or else... — Anthony Quinn Copy Share Image
