If we could give every individual the right amount of nourishment and exercise, not too little and not too much, we would have found the safest way to health.

Being too good is apt to be uninteresting.

Thou shouldst eat to live; not live to eat.

As long as I am playing competitive football I am happy.

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.

I never smoke to excess – that is, I smoke in moderation, only one cigar at a time.

We have food all around us all the time, and if we haven’t eaten for three hours, we think we’re starving. You’re not starving – human beings can go for 30 days without food.

Govern a great nation as you would cook a small fish. Do not overdo it.

You know, fame is a funny thing, man, especially, you know, actors, musicians, rappers, rock singers, it’s kind of a lifestyle and it’s easy to get caught up in it – you go to bars, you go to clubs, everyone’s doing a certain thing… It’s tough.

If you start to think of your physical and moral condition, you usually find that you are sick.

The ability to be in the present moment is a major component of mental wellness.

I have a nice office. I have a nice house… So I’m not denying myself some great things. I just don’t happen to have expensive hobbies.

If in our daily life we can smile, if we can be peaceful and happy, not only we, but everyone will profit from it. This is the most basic kind of peace work.

I’ve been running a lot, taking care of myself.

I don’t think the ebbs and flows – get in great shape and then get out of shape and then see if you can get back into shape – is a good thing. So I prefer to keep my arm always ready to go.

Men govern nothing with more difficulty than their tongues, and can moderate their desires more than their words.

In the morning a man walks with his whole body; in the evening, only with his legs.

I look like I have beriberi and scurvy.

Do not let Sunday be taken from you. If your soul has no Sunday, it becomes an orphan.

Governments need to have both shepherds and butchers.

I would be married, but I’d have no wife, I would be married to a single life.

I began running on an everyday basis after I became a writer. As being a writer requires sitting at a desk for hours a day, without getting some exercise you’d quickly get out of shape and gain weight, I figured.

If you spend your life competing with business men, what do you have? A bank account and ulcers!

I think I should learn French and be a better cook – basic, really good life stuff.

I sometimes wish I were suffering in a good cause, or risking my life for the good of others, instead of just being a gravely endangered patient.

My son has died of AIDS.

My doctor told me I shouldn’t work out until I’m in better shape. I told him, ‚All right; don’t send me a bill until I pay you.‘

It is normal to give away a little of one’s life in order not to lose it all.

Nothing burns more calories than dancing in 5-inch heels… try it!

The care of human life and happiness, and not their destruction, is the first and only object of good government.

It is best to rise from life as from a banquet, neither thirsty nor drunken.

I’m generous. I give good tips. It’s just – the way I live my life, ironically enough, is: I don’t want anything. I’m not a consumer. I don’t crave objects.

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.

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

Many people in the western world are spoiled by the conveniences of our culture.

With all the… success that I’ve been lucky enough to get? That doesn’t happen unless the home life is solid.

Order without liberty and liberty without order are equally destructive.

It’s crazy how fast you get out of shape if you miss a couple days of action.

Sleep is the best meditation.

Peace is more important than all justice; and peace was not made for the sake of justice, but justice for the sake of peace.

Without exercise, I don’t feel like my head works right.

Isn’t it funny how babies laugh a lot? I read a toddler, a young child laughs 300 times a day. The average adult laughs, like, four times a day. God put it in them. He put the laugh in us, but I think sometimes we let life get us down, you know, have bad breaks, and we lose our breaks.

Just do some kind of workout. Doesn’t matter if it’s going for a walk around the block, going for a jog, doing some calisthenics, lifting weights, going to a pool and swimming – you name it. But do something that gets your blood flowing and gets your mind in the game.

Part of my daily regime is my glucosamine and, of course, a multitude of multivitamins. Branched-chain amino acids, glutamine, of course protein. I have one protein shake a day, and that is immediately after my training.

Wealth is well known to be a great comforter.

I think all Americans believe in human rights. And health is an often overlooked aspect of basic human rights. And it’s one that’s easily corrected. The reason I say that is that many of the diseases that we treat around the world, I knew when I was a child. My mother was a registered nurse. And they no longer exist in our country.

If one oversteps the bounds of moderation, the greatest pleasures cease to please.

I’m just glad to be feeling better. I really thought I’d be seeing Elvis soon.

I’ve exercised with women so thin that buzzards followed them to their cars.

To be safe at the expense of the liberty of other people is a difficult equation.

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.

Chemotherapy isn’t good for you. So when you feel bad, as I am feeling now, you think, ‚Well that is a good thing because it’s supposed to be poison. If it’s making the tumor feel this queasy, then I’m OK with it.‘

Most women put off entertaining until the kids are grown.

When wealth is lost, nothing is lost; when health is lost, something is lost; when character is lost, all is lost.

Don’t run if you can walk. Don’t walk if you can stand. Don’t stand if you can sit. Don’t sit if you can lie down.

I still work out on a daily basis.

Many of my fans often tell me that they listen to my songs to get through things. And therefore, obviously, I hope that they can picture being in a place where things are better… I hope my songs can bring people to a calm place.

To every action there is always opposed an equal reaction.

Well, we’re living in a material world, and I’m a material girl… or boy.

There’s no substitute for the practice of meditation.

It was a strike against me that I didn’t wear baggy jeans and jerseys and that I never hustled, never sold drugs.