Fatigue is the best pillow.

From the moment I open my eyes, I’m trying to free my body. I’m trying to get looser, more flexible, to gain control. Movement is medicine to me.

Sleep, that deplorable curtailment of the joy of life.

I, personally, think there is a really danger of taking food too seriously. Food should be part of the bigger picture.

I have inhaled, exhaled everything.

I do the same exercises I did 50 years ago and they still work. I eat the same food I ate 50 years ago and it still works.

When we give ourselves the chance to let go of all our tension, the body’s natural capacity to heal itself can begin to work.

Being a sex symbol is a heavy load to carry, especially when one is tired, hurt and bewildered.

An early-morning walk is a blessing for the whole day.

It’s very important that we re-learn the art of resting and relaxing. Not only does it help prevent the onset of many illnesses that develop through chronic tension and worrying; it allows us to clear our minds, focus, and find creative solutions to problems.

I first found delight in the Sabbath many years ago when, as a busy surgeon, I knew that the Sabbath became a day for personal healing. By the end of each week, my hands were sore from repeatedly scrubbing them with soap, water, and a bristle brush. I also needed a breather from the burden of a demanding profession.

In my afternoon walk I would fain forget all my morning occupations and my obligations to society.

Hmm, on my downtime, I take a shower or listen to the Bible on tape.

God Almighty first planted a garden. And indeed, it is the purest of human pleasures.

Musicians are there in front of you, and the spectators sense their tension, which is not the case when you’re listening to a record. Your attention is more relaxed. The emotional aspect is more important in live music.

It is a far, far better thing that I do, than I have ever done; it is a far, far better rest that I go to, than I have ever known.

Let me ask you a question: If you never ate a balanced diet, what would happen to your body? You know the answer: Eventually you’d grow weak; you might even open yourself to serious illness or disease. We all need a balanced diet if we are to stay healthy.

I firmly believe that sleep and recovery are critical aspects of an effective and holistic training program.

We will be more successful in all our endeavors if we can let go of the habit of running all the time, and take little pauses to relax and re-center ourselves. And we’ll also have a lot more joy in living.

Nothing is so intolerable to man as being fully at rest, without a passion, without business, without entertainment, without care.

The art of medicine consists in amusing the patient while nature cures the disease.

Sometimes I do need to go to karaoke, sometimes I need to relax.

Without health life is not life; it is only a state of langour and suffering – an image of death.

There was never a child so lovely but his mother was glad to get him to sleep.

I look upon death to be as necessary to our constitution as sleep. We shall rise refreshed in the morning.

Become slower in your journey through life. Practice yoga and meditation if you suffer from ‚hurry sickness.‘ Become more introspective by visiting quiet places such as churches, museums, mountains and lakes. Give yourself permission to read at least one novel a month for pleasure.

There’s a fine line between fishing and just standing on the shore like an idiot.

Never go to a doctor whose office plants have died.

If I relaxed, if I took my foot off the gas, I would probably die.

‚Tis healthy to be sick sometimes.

Healing is a matter of time, but it is sometimes also a matter of opportunity.

I have never felt more confident in myself, more clear on who I am as a woman. But I am constantly thinking about my own health and making sure that I’m eating right and getting exercise and watching the aches and pains. I want to be this really fly 80-90-year old.

Give yourself more opportunities for privacy, when you are not bombarded with duties and obligations. Privacy is not a rejection of those you love; it is your deserved respite for recharging your batteries.

We’re introducing separate rooms with double beds in all of our planes so people can actually go with their partner and have a proper night’s sleep.

Exercise is bunk. If you are healthy, you don’t need it: if you are sick you should not take it.

Meditation helps me to calm down.

As a medical doctor, I have known the face of adversity. I have seen much of death and dying, suffering and sorrow. I also remember the plight of students overwhelmed by their studies and of those striving to learn a foreign language. And I recall the fatigue and frustration felt by young parents with children in need.

You’re in pretty good shape for the shape you are in.

I want to be relaxed in my personal life. I really don’t like to be hassled.

Sleep is all about recovering. So if you’re not sleeping, you’re not recovering. And if you’re going to break your body down a lot, you better find ways to build it back up. And the only way to do that is get a lot of sleep. So for me, I go to bed at like 8:30, 9:00. As soon as I put my kids to bed. Because I’m up at 5:30 the next day.

If you’re going to do something tonight that you’ll be sorry for tomorrow morning, sleep late.

Sleep is the best meditation.

The very elements of what constitutes good nursing are as little understood for the well as for the sick. The same laws of health or of nursing, for they are in reality the same, obtain among the well as among the sick.

Cycling can be lonely, but in a good way. It gives you a moment to breathe and think, and get away from what you’re working on.

I am particularly drawn to the form of meditation called Japa. I know it works.

Meditation is not following any system; it is not constant repetition and imitation. Meditation is not concentration.

I’m very type-A, and many things in my life are about control and domination, but eating should be a submissive experience, where you let down your guard and enjoy the ride.

You don’t even really need a place. But you feel like you’re doing something. That is what coffee is. And that is one of the geniuses of the new coffee culture.

When we go out to the country and just sit there, what we’re really doing is just switching off various kinds of alertness that we don’t have to use. When we do that, we are stopping being defensive. We are no longer shutting ourselves off from different types of experiences, we are welcoming them in.

I’d like to dial it back 5% or 10% and try to have a vacation that’s not just e-mail with a view.

Never get out of bed before noon.

Let me recommend the best medicine in the world: a long journey, at a mild season, through a pleasant country, in easy stages.

A feeble body weakens the mind.

We humans have lost the wisdom of genuinely resting and relaxing. We worry too much. We don’t allow our bodies to heal, and we don’t allow our minds and hearts to heal.

Have fun in your command. Don’t always run at a breakneck pace. Take leave when you’ve earned it, spend time with your families.

I can relax with bums because I am a bum. I don’t like laws, morals, religions, rules. I don’t like to be shaped by society.

I made a commitment to completely cut out drinking and anything that might hamper me from getting my mind and body together. And the floodgates of goodness have opened upon me – spiritually and financially.

I love a Hebrew National hot dog with an ice-cold Corona – no lime. If the phone rings, I won’t answer until I’m done.

Anybody can observe the Sabbath, but making it holy surely takes the rest of the week.

Cure sometimes, treat often, comfort always.

Every man has a right to a Saturday night bath.