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Health Quotes

A carefully curated collection of health quotes from writers, thinkers and voices worth listening to. Whether you need a quick boost or a deeper moment of reflection, these words are here to help.

"Our body is a machine for living. It is organized for that, it is its nature."

-- Leo Tolstoy

"One should strive to understand what underlies sufferings and diseases - and aim for health and well-being..."

-- Gautama Buddha

"The secret of health for both mind and body is... to live in the present moment wisely and earnestly."

-- Gautama Buddha

"Every human being is the author of his own health or disease."

-- Gautama Buddha

"To keep the body in good health is a duty... otherwise we shall not be able to keep our mind strong and clear."

-- Gautama Buddha

"Health is the greatest gift, contentment the greatest wealth, faithfulness the best relationship."

-- Gautama Buddha

"It is health that is real wealth and not pieces of gold and silver."

-- Mahatma Gandhi

"A healthy man wants a thousand things, a sick man only wants one."

-- Confucius

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A carefully curated collection of health quotes from writers, thinkers and voices worth listening to. Whether you need a quick boost or a deeper moment of reflection, these words are here to help.

Some of the most celebrated health quotes come from Confucius, Mahatma Gandhi, Gautama Buddha, Leo Tolstoy, among many others featured on this page.

Popular health quotes include: "A healthy man wants a thousand things, a sick man only wants one." -- Confucius Also: "It is health that is real wealth and not pieces of gold and silver." -- Mahatma Gandhi.

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