Men think epilepsy divine, merely because they do not understand it. We will one day understand what causes it, and then cease to call it divine. And so it is with everything in the universe.

Everything in excess is opposed to nature.

The greatest medicine of all is teaching people how not to need it

Illnesses do not come upon us out of the blue. They are developed from small daily sins against Nature. When enough sins have accumulated, illnesses will suddenly appear.

If someone wishes for good health, one must first ask oneself if he is ready to do away with the reasons for his illness. Only then is it possible to help him.

All disease starts in the gut.

Our food should be our medicine and our medicine should be our food.

It's far more important to know what person the disease has than what disease the person has.

If you are not your own doctor, you are a fool.

Make a habit of two things: to help; or at least to do no harm.

The physician treats, but nature heals.

I've met a surprising number of comedy writers whose parents are scientists. Both have an antiauthoritarian slant - they're both skeptics.

The middle man governs, however extreme may seem to be the men who sit on the Front Bench, in their reactionary or revolutionary opinions.

Washington, D.C. is a city filled with people who believe they are important.

The worst people on earth are not only those who commit evil, but those who stand by and turn a blind eye

Have compassion for all beings, rich and poor alike; each has their suffering. Some suffer too much, others too little.

There definitely was a time when I was pretty obsessed with my weight, but I'm better off not stressing about my body all the time.

It is sometimes easier to form a party than to attain by degrees the head of a party already formed.

A theater is being given over to market forces, which means that a whole generation that should be able to do theater as well as see it is being completely deprived