Illness Quotes

1077 Illness quotes by 776 unique authors

Illness strikes men when they are exposed to change. — Herodotus
May all beings everywhere plagued with sufferings of body and mind quickly be freed from their illnesses. May those frightened cease to be afraid, and… — Gautama Buddha
There is no illness of the body except for the mind — Socrates
O, my Jesus, I understand well that, just as illness is measured with a thermometer and a high fever tells us of the seriousness of… — Mary Faustina Kowalska
I thank God for this illness and these physical discomforts, because I have the time to converse with the Lord Jesus. — Mary Faustina Kowalska
No one in our society needs to be told that exercise is good for us. Whether you are overweight or have a chronic illness or… — Sonja Lyubomirsky
Sanity remains defined simply by the ability to cope with insane conditions. — Unknown Author
The only way past the pain is through it. Pain, grief, anger, misery...they don't go away-they just increase and compound and get worse. You have… — Jasinda Wilder
A pool of melancholy blooms in my chest and rushes into my body like deep-blue blood. — Ben H. Winters
I realized that I had granted my illness lordship over me. In viewing my depression as a despot subjecting me to its savage fancies, I… — Eric G. Wilson
I could feel myself begin to recede, to tip and lose balance, slide toward the deeper darkness that had crept in from outside. It happened… — Bryan Mealer
... I feel tired to death, paralyzed by this mysteriously wasted life's stubborn concentration on hopelessness and dissolution. It occurs to me that if I… — Christer Kihlman
I wondered if I was just the sum of my brain scan, little dots clustered in my frontal lobe. Is that where the poems came… — Betsy Lerner
At the end of each therapy session, I waited for an evaluation, a clinical judgment, some kind of pronouncement on "my condition." I hoped I… — Unknown Author
His impression was that he had been imprisoned in a shelter deep down in the underworld of his personality, listening and biding his time while… — Christer Kihlman
Maybe people are more like the earth than we know. Maybe they have fault lines that sooner or later are going to split open under… — Rebecca Wells
... it is possible for even the most deeply disturbed and desperately unbalanced among us to be a beautiful person. — George Howe Colt
The concept of recovery is rooted in the simple yet profound realization that people who have been diagnosed with mental illness are human beings. — Patricia Deegan
We share in the certainty that people labeled with mental illness are first and above all, human beings. Our lives are precious and are of… — Patricia Deegan
We are a conspiracy of hope and we are pressing back against the strong tide of oppression which for centuries has been the legacy of… — Patricia Deegan
While obsession with one’s personal appearance is a sign of being a vacant prat, total oblivion to it is a sign of mental illness. — Unknown Author
Depression is a treatable medical illness like cancer and heart disease. — Unknown Author
The 'Hemingway curse' was such a huge, awful thing for me to have to deal with. . . . The reality is, because there are… — Mariel Hemingway
Severe mental illness like psychosis can lead to a tragedy like this - that people can see things that aren't real and hear things that… — Andrea Yates
. . . yet do I fear thy nature; It is too full o' the milk of human kindness To catch the nearest way: thou… — William Shakespeare

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