One of the pitfalls of writing about illness is that it is very easy to imagine people with cancer as either these… — John Green Copy Share Image
Everyone needs to remember that Ebola was not a worst-case scenario. Preparedness for the future means preparedness for a very severe disease… — Margaret Chan Copy Share Image
People with what we call mental illness can indeed serve well, and people who have no discernible mental illness - and that… — Robert Jay Lifton Copy Share Image
No parent, family member, or friend should be told that treatment isn't available for their loved one. By establishing a dedicated and… — Kim Reynolds Copy Share Image
“No one ever expects to become ill, it just sort of happens to us. For some, it is a slow process, while… — Jennifer Corter Copy Share Image
The evidence is overwhelming that marijuana can relieve certain types of pain, nausea, vomiting and other symptoms caused by such illnesses as… — Joycelyn Elders Copy Share Image
We saw in 2003 the beginnings of an outbreak of an illness called SARS. SARS ended up killing 800 people which is… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Football is not, in my view, a sport: it is somewhere between a business racket and a mental illness. I associate it… — Simon Heffer Copy Share Image
O, my Jesus, I understand well that, just as illness is measured with a thermometer and a high fever tells us of… — Mary Faustina Kowalska Copy Share Image
Why is it that all those who have become eminent in philosophy, politics, poetry, or the arts are clearly of an atrabilious… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
People that go through serious illness - you can either go one way or the other. You can either become despondent about… — Jack Layton Copy Share Image
Mental health first aiders are not designed to replace mental health professionals, or to provide services on the cheap, any more than… — Luciana Berger Copy Share Image
“Mental illness turns people inwards. That's what I reckon. It keeps up forever trapped by the pain of our own minds, in… — Nathan Filer Copy Share Image
Yet birth, and lust, and illness, and death are changeless things, and when one of these harsh facts springs out upon a… — Arthur Conan Doyle Copy Share Image
Illness or disease is only Nature's warning that filth has accumulated in some portion or other of the body; and it would… — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
My fear of life is necessary to me, as is my illness. Without anxiety and illness, I am a ship without a… — Edvard Munch Copy Share Image
Mental illness doesn't need to be hidden or glorified. It should be normalized to where people feel comfortable sharing with their families… — Ariel Winter Copy Share Image
In this most powerful nation in the world, lack of access to health care should not force local and state governments, companies… — John Conyers Copy Share Image
I have been exposed to a great deal of the issues surrounding PTSD, but what I have learned that is most relevant… — Bryce Pinkham Copy Share Image
No one in our society needs to be told that exercise is good for us. Whether you are overweight or have a… — Sonja Lyubomirsky Copy Share Image
I am one of millions who have been treated for depression and gotten well; I was lucky enough to have a psychiatrist… — Kay Redfield Jamison Copy Share Image
The surgeon general is responsible for sharing scientifically-based information with the public so that they can improve their health. But I will… — Vivek Murthy Copy Share Image
There is the old catch-22 line that a mentally unstable person can't know, as per their illness, that they are unstable. But… — Harlan Coben Copy Share Image
There's a fine line between helping others and being a people pleaser, and mistaking one for the other can be hugely detrimental.… — Gabrielle Bernstein Copy Share Image
After 50 years, is it not clear that God has raised up new illnesses connected with fornication? From where do these things… — John Calvin Copy Share Image
Ada girl, adored girl, [...] I'm a radiant void. I'm convalescing after a long and dreadful illness. You cried over my unseemly… — Vladimir Nabokov Copy Share Image
“Were she better, or you sicker, then the stars would not be so terribly crossed, but it is the nature of stars… — John Green Copy Share Image
Every time the DSM prepares for a new edition, there are countless groups lobbying to get their particular mental illness recognized by… — Siri Hustvedt Copy Share Image
In the long term, a robust health IT network will support personalized treatment that adheres to proven best practices, and adapts to… — Sheldon Whitehouse Copy Share Image
Negative thoughts were treated by Cherokee healers with the same medicines as wounds, headaches, or physical illness. It was believed that unchecked… — Wilma Mankiller Copy Share Image
There is so much to be celebrated about mental illness. I do believe that there is something to be said about the… — Mauro Ranallo Copy Share Image
The exceptional patient is the person who, despite their diagnosis, takes charge of their health and decides to be responsible to their… — Christiane Northrup 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
“As its lists of diagnoses and ‘diseases’ proliferate, the frantic efforts to distinguish ever-larger numbers of types and sub-types of mental disorder… — Andrew Scull Copy Share Image
Psychoanalysts have been occupied for a long time with the difficult question of what the psychological conditions are which determine the form… — Karl Abraham Copy Share Image
The human race was in need of salvation because of the perversity of sin. For when people who are ill are cured… — Thomas Aquinas Copy Share Image
It is not possible, for a poet, writing in any language, to protect himself from the tragic elements in human life… [ellipsis… — Louise Bogan Copy Share Image
One of the things psychologists used to say was that if you are depressed, anxious or angry, you couldn't be happy. Those… — Martin Seligman Copy Share Image
Psychiatry in this place is like serving an in-flight meal in the middle of a plane crash. If I wanted to make… — Chris Cleave Copy Share Image
This program could destroy private initiative for our aged to protect themselves with insurance against the cost of illness…Presently, over 60 percent… — Milward L. Simpson Copy Share Image
![“After 50 years, is it not clear that God has raised up new illnesses connected with fornication? From where do these things come if not from the hand of God? [In response to these diseases] The world was astounded, and people were terrified for a time, but they have not, to this day, observed the…” quote by John Calvin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/611/john-calvin-490_astounded_after-50-years-is-it-not-clear-that-god_1427159.jpg)
![“Ada girl, adored girl, [...] I'm a radiant void. I'm convalescing after a long and dreadful illness. You cried over my unseemly scar, but now life is going to be nothing but love and laughter, and corn in cans. I cannot brood over broken hearts, mine is too recently mended.” quote by Vladimir Nabokov](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/fd0/vladimir-nabokov-198_ada_ada-girl-adored-girl-i-m-a-radiant-void_1657001.jpg)
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