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Andrew Weil, M.D., born on June 8, 1942, is a renowned American physician, author, and advocate for integrative medicine. He has had a significant influence in the field of integrative medicine, promoting the combination of traditional and modern medicine to provide comprehensive healthcare.

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Famous Andrew Weil Quotes

“Drugs don't have spiritual potential, human beings have spiritual potential. And it may be that we need techniques to move us in that direction, and the use of psychoactive drugs clearly is one path that has helped many people.”

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“Fear and greed are potent motivators. When both of these forces push in the same direction, virtually no human being can resist.”

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“Human beings and plants have co-evolved for millions of years, so it makes perfect sense that our complex bodies would be adapted to absorb needed, beneficial compounds from complex plants and ignore the rest.”

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Author:Andrew Weil

“The notion that a human being should be constantly happy is a uniquely modern, uniquely American, uniquely destructive idea.”

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“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.”

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Book:Health and Healing: The Philosophy of Integrative Medicine

Source: Health and Healing: The Philosophy of Integrative Medicine

“Imagine a world in which medicine was oriented toward healing rather than disease, where doctors believed in the natural healing capacity of human beings and emphasized prevention above treatment. In such a world, doctors and patients would be partners working toward the same ends.”

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Author:Andrew Weil

“If the only way you could read an email was to run a mile first, the urge would quickly die. Human beings constantly do subconscious effort/reward calculations. Tapping a screen is the easiest of physical tasks.”

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“Human beings have survived for millennia because most of us make good decisions about our health most of the time.”

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Author:Andrew Weil