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> [If a culture treats a particular illness with compassion and enlightened understanding, then sickness can be seen as a challenge, as a healing crisis and opportunity. Being sick is then not a condemnation or a moral judgement, but a movement…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ken-wilber/if-a-culture-treats-a-particular-illness-with-compassion-and/)

[Ken Wilber](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ken-wilber/)

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> [Countries with the best-resourced medical services have the best outcomes for physical illness (it is better to have a heart attack in Washington or London than in rural Africa) whereas precisely the opposite is the case for mental illness (developing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-bentall/countries-with-the-best-resourced-medical-services-have-the-best/)

[Richard Bentall](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-bentall/)

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