The multitude of the sick shall not make us deny the existence of health.
Interpretation
Just because many people experience illness doesn't mean we should ignore the concept of health.
Ralph Waldo Emerson's quote emphasizes the importance of recognizing and valuing health, even in a world filled with sickness. It suggests that our perception of health should not be overshadowed by the prevalence of illness among the populace, encouraging us to maintain hope and strive for well-being regardless of the circumstances around us.
In practice
Using this quote in a health seminar to inspire attendees about maintaining a positive outlook on health.
It is plain that there is no separate essence called courage, no cup or cell in the brain, no vessel in the heart containing drops or atoms that make or give this virtue; but it is the right or healthy state of every man, when he is free to do that which is constitutional to him to do.
Few people have any next, they live from hand to mouth without a plan, and are always at the end of their line.
Men cease to interest us when we find their limitations
Tis the good reader that makes the good book; a good head cannot read amiss: in every book he finds passages which seem confidences or asides hidden from all else and unmistakeably meant for his ear.
The world belongs to the energetic.
Hast thou named all the birds without a gun?
There is only one map to the journey of life and it lives within your heart
The real scholar learns how to evolve the unknown from the known, and draws near the master.
I've found time can heal most anything and you just might find who you're supposed to be.
Be aware of your breathing as often as you are able, whenever you remember. Do that for one year, and it will be powerfully transformative. And it's free.
I would rather a thousand times be five minutes at the feet of Christ than listen a lifetime to all the wise men in the world.
You are responsible for your life. You can't keep blaming somebody else for your dysfunction. Life is really about moving on.
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