The art is long, life is short
HippocratesRead
The way to health is to have an aromatic bath and a scented massage every day.
Interpretation
Daily rituals of self-care contribute to overall well-being.
Hippocrates emphasizes the importance of daily self-care routines, such as aromatic baths and scented massages, as essential practices for maintaining health. These activities not only promote physical well-being but also enhance mental relaxation and emotional balance, suggesting that our daily habits significantly impact our health.
In practice
Using this quote in a wellness workshop to emphasize the importance of self-care.
The art is long, life is short
The body of man has in itself blood, phlegm, yellow bile and black bile; these make up the nature of this body, and through these he feels pain or enjoys health. Now he enjoys the most perfect health when these elements are duly proportioned to one another in respect of compounding, power and bulk, and when they are perfectly mingled.
That which is used - develops. That which is not used wastes away.
Cure sometimes, treat often, comfort always.
Wine is an appropriate article for mankind, both for the healthy body and for the ailing man.
Walking is man's best medicine.
It is now conceivable that our children's children will know the term cancer only as a constellation of stars.
There are a lot of forms of exercise where you have to leave yourself out of the room while you force yourself to do this thing. With Pilates, I get to bring my true self. I cry, I laugh. I get to go, 'Where is my body today? What do I need today? How can I take care of myself and push myself past my comfort zone?'
AIDS was allowed to happen. It is a plague that need not have happened. It is a plague that could have been contained from the very beginning.
Chronic disease is a foodborne illness. We ate our way into this mess, and we must eat our way out.
We have to ask ourselves whether medicine is to remain a humanitarian and respected profession or a new but depersonalized science in the service of prolonging life rather than diminishing human suffering.
Exercise is king. Nutrition is queen. Put them together and you've got a kingdom.
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