Our bodies are our gardens, to the which our wills are gardeners.

A man has to learn that he cannot command things, but that he can command himself; that he cannot coerce the wills of others, but that he can mold and master his own will: and things serve him who serves Truth; people seek guidance of him who is master of himself.

The best people possess a feeling for beauty, the courage to take risks, the discipline to tell the truth, the capacity for sacrifice. Ironically, their virtues make them vulnerable; they are often wounded, sometimes destroyed.

He who would learn to fly one day must first learn to stand and walk and run and climb and dance; one cannot fly into flying.

Your body is precious. It is our vehicle for awakening. Treat it with care.

If you have health, you probably will be happy, and if you have health and happiness, you have all the wealth you need, even if it is not all you want.

Better to hunt in fields, for health unbought, than fee the doctor for a nauseous draught. The wise, for cure, on exercise depend; God never made his work for man to mend.

Lord save us all from old age and broken health and a hope tree that has lost the faculty of putting out blossoms.

The cure is, is worse than the disease.

The man who earns a million, but destroys his health in the process is not really a success.

The vaccine is a filthy substance and it is foolish to expect that one kind of filth can be removed by another.

The only way to keep your health is to eat what you don't want, drink what you don't like, and do what you'd rather not.

If one advances confidently in the direction of his dreams, and endeavors to live the life which he as imagined, he will meet with success unexpectedly in common hours.

The weight of this sad time we must obey; speak what we feel, not what we ought to say. The oldest hath borne most: we that are young, shall never see so much, nor live so long.

Those who forget good and evil and seek only to know the facts are more likely to achieve good than those who view the world through the distorting medium of their own desires.

Life admits not of delays; when pleasure can be had, it is fit to catch it. Every hour takes away part of the things that please us, and perhaps part of our disposition to be pleased.

At the end of the day, we can endure more than we think we can.

Do not stop thinking of life as an adventure. You have no security unless you live bravely, excitingly, imaginatively.

Pain is certain, suffering is optional.

Life is short. Time is fast. No replay, no rewind. Enjoy every moment as it comes.

Sometimes a cigar is just a cigar.

If you feel pain, you're alive. If you feel other people's pain, you're a human being.

Instead of dirt and poison we have rather chosen to fill our hives with honey and wax; thus furnishing mankind with the two noblest of things, which are sweetness and light.

A person with a clear purpose will make progress on even the toughest road. A person with no purpose will make no progress on even the smoothest road.