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“The very advanced practitioners of martial arts never had to raise a hand. They could knock an opponent down without physically touching them, just with chi, pure power. We don't see too many of them anymore.”

Art Hands Health Buddhism Pure Raises Opponents Martial Arts Touching Athletics

Author:Frederick Lenz

“If by gaining knowledge we destroy our health, we labour for a thing that will be useless in our hands.”

Ifs Hands Health Useless Labour Gaining Knowledge

Book:Some Thoughts Concerning Education

Source: Some Thoughts Concerning Education

“When I go into the garden with a spade and dig a bed I feel such an exhilaration and health that I discover that I have been defrauding myself all this time in letting others do for me what I should have done with my own hands.”

Feels Should Has Beens Done Hands Earth Nature My Own Health Bed Garden Should Have Gardening Gardener Springtime Spades Exhilaration

Book:Delphi Complete Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson (Illustrated)

Source: Delphi Complete Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson (Illustrated)

“You pray for good health and a body that will be strong in old age. Good-but your rich foods block the gods' answer and tie Jupiter's hands.”

Body Hands Age Strong Answers Rich Health Praying Yoga Lifestyle Old Age Block Ties Wellness Healthy Living Good Health Jupiter Living Healthy

Author:Aulus Persius Flaccus

“An acquaintance of mine, a notary by profession, who, by perpetual writing, began first to complain of an excessive wariness of his whole right arm which could be removed by no medicines, and which was at last succeeded by a perfect palsy of the whole arm. . . . He learned to write with his left hand, which was soon thereafter seized with the same disorder.”

Writing Firsts Whole Hands Lasts Left Perfect Mines Health Arms Medicine Profession Complaining Disorder Perpetual Acquaintance Left Hand Notary

Author:Bernardino Ramazzini

“I have noticed bakers with swelled hands, and painful, too; in fact the hands of all such workers become much thickened by the constant pressure of kneading the dough.”

Facts Hands Health Pressure Constant Workers Painful Bakers Dough

Book:Diseases of Workers

Source: Diseases of Workers

“The incessant driving of the pen over paper causes intense fatigue of the hand and the whole arm because of the continuous ... strain on the muscles and tendons.”

Whole Hands Causes Health Arms Paper Driving Intense Muscles Pens Strain Fatigue Incessant

Book:Diseases of Workers

Source: Diseases of Workers

“The ordinary patient goes to his doctor because he is in pain or some other discomfort and wants to be comfortable again; he is not in pursuit of the ideal of health in any direct sense. The doctor on the other hand wants to discover the pathological condition and control it if he can. The two are thus to some degree at cross purposes from the first, and unless the affair is brought to an early and happy conclusion this diversion of aims is likely to become more and more serious as the case goes on.”

“Use now and then a little Exercise a quarter of an Hour before Meals, as to swing a Weight, or swing your Arms about with a small Weight in each Hand; to leap, or the like, for that stirs the Muscles of the Breast.”

Littles Use Hands Science Hours Health Arms Exercise Weight Meals Muscles Breasts Leap Quarters Swings Now And Then

Book:Poor Richard's Almanack

Source: Poor Richard's Almanack

“An affectionate disposition not only makes the mind more peaceful and calm, but it affects our body in a positive way too. On the other hand, hatred, jealousy and fear upset our peace of mind, make us agitated and affect our body adversely. Even our body needs peace of mind and is not suited to agitation. This shows that an appreciation for peace of mind is in our blood.”

Way Needs Mind Shows Body Hands Fear Blood Health Hatred Calm Appreciation Peaceful Buddhist Jealousy Upset Peace Of Mind Disposition Affectionate Agitation Love And Affection

Author:Dalai Lama

“The sign of vigour, the sign of life, the sign of hope, the sign of health, the sign of everything that is good, is strength. As long as the body lives, there must be strength in the body, strength in the mind, [and strength] in the hand.”

Mind Long Body Hands Health Strength Of Mind Signs Of Life Body Strength

Book:The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda

Source: The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda