Andrew Weil quotes - page 4

Health is wholeness--wholeness in its most profound sense, with nothing left out and everything in just the right order to manifest the mystery of balance. Far from being simply the absence of disease, health is a dynamic and harmonious equilibrium of all the elements and forces making up and surrounding a human being. (Andrew Weil)
The essence of health is inner balance. View quote
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I find that low protein diets often contribute to improvement in patients with immune system problems ... In fact, it would be hard to become deficient in protein in our country even if you tried. View quote
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Healing is making whole, restoring a state of perfection and balance that has been lost. View quote
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True, nuts are high in fat, but most of them contain monounsaturated fat that is good for the heart. In fact, eaten in moderation, nuts can lower your risk of heart disease and heart attack. View quote
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Citizens must pressure the American Hospital Association, the American Public Health Association, the Centers for Disease Control and other relevant governmental agencies to make greening our hospitals and medical centers a top priority so that they themselves don't create even more illness. View quote
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More than one skillful physician has said that if one asks the right questions, the patient will make the diagnosis for you in his or her own words. View quote
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Treatment originates outside you; healing comes from within. View quote
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The notion that a human being should be constantly happy is a uniquely modern, uniquely American, uniquely destructive idea. View quote
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I expect that essential oils may some day prove a vital weapon in the fight against strains of antibiotic-resi stant bacteria. View quote
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Improper breathing is a common cause of ill health. (Andrew Weil)
My passion for gardening may strike some as selfish, or merely an act of resignation in the face of overwhelming problems that beset the world. It is neither. I have found that each garden is just what Voltaire proposed in Candide: a microcosm of a just and beautiful society. View quote
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Another aspect of the psychedelic vision for me that has been very profound, is the sense that every-thing is alive or at that at least, there is no distinction between what we call living and non-living. View quote
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Learning to focus attention and concentration is very useful; meditation can help you do that. View quote
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I've always been called "controversial." I think if I were not controversial I wouldn't be doing my job. View quote
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Our feet are our body's connection to the earth. View quote
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Alternative models are neither right nor wrong, just more or less useful in allowing us to operate in the world and discover more and better options for solving problems. View quote
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Following an anti-inflammato ry diet can help counteract the chronic inflammation that is a root cause of many serious diseases, including those that become more frequent as people age. It is a way of selecting and preparing foods based on science that can help people achieve and maintain optimum health over their lifetime. View quote
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I do not claim to have attained optimum emotional well-being. Actually, I think that may be a lifetime goal. For me it's an ongoing process that requires awareness, knowledge, and practice. I do know what good emotional health feels like, and that motivates me to keep at the practice. View quote
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At the very center of our being is rhythmic movement, a cyclic expansion and contraction that is both in our body and outside it, that is both in our mind and in our body, that is both in our consciousness and not in it. View quote
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It is unrealistic to want to be happy all the time. (Andrew Weil)
Each day as I travel through downtown Tucson, I am amazed at how quickly the most ancient of human behaviors have changed. For as long as there have been Homo sapiens - roughly 200,000 years - people have filled their lives principally with two activities: talking directly with other people, and doing physical things. View quote
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Any drug can be used successfully, no matter how bad it's reputation, and any drug can be abused, no matter how accepted it is. There are no good or bad rugs; there are only good and bad relationships with drugs. View quote
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In Europe, when tobacco was first introduced, it was immediately banned. In Turkey, if you got caught with tobacco, you had your nose slit. China and Russia imposed the death penalty for possession of tobacco. View quote
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I don't get money from the vitamins that I make. My after tax profits go to a foundation that supports integrative medicine. View quote
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