Birth Quote by Tom O'Connor

Disease may be defined as "A change produced in living things in consequence of which they are no longer in harmony with their environment."

— William Thomas Councilman

A disease is never a mere loss or excess. There is always a reaction on the part of the organism or individual to restore,…

— Oliver Sacks

“Disease is not simply a manifestation of some physical process unique to the individual, but it reflects their particular lives, environment and culture.”

— Gabor Maté

Disease is not something personal and special, but only a manifestation of life under modified conditions, operating according to the same laws as apply…

— Rudolf Virchow

We're in essence allowing our spirit to come to terms with all the conflicts that we build within ourselves. Disease is after all a…

— Maya Tiwari

This loss of self contributes to illness in its myriad forms.

— Sidney Jourard

Disease is nothing else but an attempt on the part of the body to rid itself of morbific matter.

— Thomas Sydenham

“Disease, then, is one of those bad experiences that turns information into knowledge and knowledge into wisdom. The bad experiences that make you love…

— George Sheehan

Disease is an experience of a so-called mortal mind. It is fear made manifest on the body.

— Mary Baker Eddy

“As a special branch of general philosophy, pathogenesis had never been explored. In my opinion it had never been approached in a strictly scientific…

— Blaise Cendrars

Diseases crucify the soul of man, attenuate our bodies, dry them, wither them, rivel them up like old apples, make them as so many…

— Robert A. Burton

Disease is a dynamic process. It has a beginning - slow or sudden - develops, reaches in many cases an acme, and ends in…

— Henry E. Sigerist