“The thought grew strong in me that since I had gone to the trouble of being born, I might as well be useful in helping people live long and healthy lives. And this thought has always resided in the back of my mind.” PeopleMindWellsLongHelpingMightStrongBornGoneTroubleGrewHealthyHelping PeopleOf My MindHealthy Life Author:Koichi Tanaka
“Someone who has thought rationally and deeply about how the body works is likely to arrive at better ideas about how to be healthy than someone who has followed a hunch. Medicine presupposes a hierarchy between the confusion the layperson will be in about what is wrong with him, and the more accurate knowledge available to doctors reasoning logically. At the heart of Epicureanism is the thought that we are as bad at answering the question "What will make me happy?" as "What will make me healthy?" Our souls do not spell out their troubles.” HeartIdeasSoulBodyTroubleHealthyDoctorsMedicineAvailableConfusionReasoningSpellsAccurateHierarchyMake Me HappyHunchesEpicureanismBody Work Author:Alain de Botton
“It is not much trouble to doctor sick folks, but to doctor healthy ones is troublesome.” TroubleHealthyDoctorsSickFolksTroublesome Author:Josh Billings