What medicines do not heal, the lance will; what the lance does not heal, fire will.

I remember when the candle shop burned down. Everyone stood around singing ‚Happy Birthday.‘

I did not, thank the Lord, have to have a hysterectomy.

So comes snow after fire, and even dragons have their ending!

Medicines are only fit for old people.

In the history of medicine, it is not always the great scientist or the learned doctor who goes forward to discover new fields, new avenues, new ideas.

There is one consolation in being sick; and that is the possibility that you may recover to a better state than you were ever in before.

People have so much going on in their heads. I’m like, If you could write a song, you’d feel so much better!

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

Cry if you have a compound fracture, by all means. Or if your grandpa died. But otherwise, save it for your pillow.

If the Almighty were to rebuild the world and asked me for advice, I would have English Channels round every country. And the atmosphere would be such that anything which attempted to fly would be set on fire.

I’m thankful for the incredible advances in medicine that have taken place during my lifetime. I almost certainly wouldn’t still be here if it weren’t for them.

The most eloquent prayer is the prayer through hands that heal and bless.

In order to heal others, we first need to heal ourselves. And to heal ourselves, we need to know how to deal with ourselves.

Patience is key for getting over a breakup. That, and trailing off your interaction after the breakup.

So much of left-wing thought is a kind of playing with fire by people who don’t even know that fire is hot.

I don’t dislike any of my exes. If I took time to form a relationship, it’s gonna hurt when we move on, but are you puttin‘ White-Out over all that beautiful time together? That was real time in your life. It’s connected to where you are today.

Economic medicine that was previously meted out by the cupful has recently been dispensed by the barrel. These once unthinkable dosages will almost certainly bring on unwelcome after-effects. Their precise nature is anyone’s guess, though one likely consequence is an onslaught of inflation.

I see the church as a field hospital after battle. It is useless to ask a seriously injured person if he has high cholesterol and about the level of his blood sugars. You have to heal his wounds. Then we can talk about everything else.

It is not the healthy who need a doctor, but the sick. I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.

Love in its essence is spiritual fire.

I am an angel. I was sent here from God to heal.

If we can boondoggle ourselves out of this depression, that word is going to be enshrined in the hearts of the American people for years to come.

Medicine is the restoration of discordant elements; sickness is the discord of the elements infused into the living body.

I stopped doing drugs when I was 20. I was finished with drugs before Nirvana even started.

I think that America’s recovery of a global strategic view is an absolutely essential element of our foreign policy.

Whether a person is straight or gay, Republican, Democrat, good person, not a good person, they’re all welcome, because to me, church is a place you’re supposed to get healed and whole and loved.

What I want for my fans and for the world, for anyone who feels pain, is to lean into that pain and embrace it as much as they can and begin the healing process.

Natural forces within us are the true healers of disease.

Forgotten is forgiven.

Where grief is fresh, any attempt to divert it only irritates.

The wish for healing has always been half of health.

I can honestly say, after talking about my mom passing away, I got the biggest weight off of my chest. Comedy is my therapy. That’s how I deal with my problems, my personal battles. I talk about it. I give it to my fans. When they laugh at it, it’s a release, for lack of a better word.

There’s a scripture that says, ‚A merry heart doeth good like medicine.‘ I think that’s true, too.

Without forgiveness, there’s no future.

I can remember being home from school with tonsillitis and writing stories in bed to pass the time.

The love of the family, the love of one person can heal. It heals the scars left by a larger society. A massive, powerful society.

Changing is not just changing the things outside of us. First of all we need the right view that transcends all notions including of being and non-being, creator and creature, mind and spirit. That kind of insight is crucial for transformation and healing.

Oh, come, Divine Physician, and bind up every broken bone. Come with Thy sacred nard which Thou hast compounded of Thine own heart’s blood, and lay it home to the wounded conscience and let it feel its power. Oh! Give peace to those whose conscience is like the troubled sea which cannot rest.

O! for a muse of fire, that would ascend the brightest heaven of invention.

Irrespective of age, we mourn for those loved and lost. Mourning is one of the deepest expressions of pure love.

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 think that cancer is a life form that exists out there, and it exists in us. I think even the concept of healing is a spiritual principle that we have to really look at. I think the word itself is something we ought to get rid of, because it implies that there is illness – that there is something wrong.

I fell and broke my pelvic bone in three places. So, I’m still sort of an invalid now.

At one time in my life, from the time I was seven until I was about 13, I didn’t speak. I only spoke to my brother. The reason I didn’t speak: I had been molested, and I told the name of the molester to my brother who told it to the family.

Many churches today have special programs for people who are grieving, and these can be very helpful.

A divorce is like an amputation: you survive it, but there’s less of you.

Herb is the healing of a nation, alcohol is the destruction.

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

Great grief does not of itself put an end to itself.

I believe time wounds all heels.

I had the classic 40 meltdown. I did. It’s embarrassing. It was pretty funny. But then I recovered. To me, it was like a second adolescence. Hormonally, my body was changing, my mind was changing, and so my relationship to myself and the world around me came to this assault of finiteness.

Black people comprehend the South. We understand its weight. It has rested on our backs… I knew that my heart would break if ever I put my foot down on that soil, moist, still, with old hurts. I had to face the fear/loathing at its source or it would consume me whole.

Good fame is like fire; when you have kindled you may easily preserve it; but if you extinguish it, you will not easily kindle it again.

I found music to be the therapy of choice. I guess it is for a lot of people.

It’s true my father abused me and didn’t love and protect me the way he should have, and at times it seemed no one would ever help me and it would never end. But God always had a plan for my life, and He has redeemed me.

The soul is healed by being with children.

I’ve been drunk for about a week now, and I thought it might sober me up to sit in a library.

We must rekindle the fire of idealism in our society.

In my divorce, I stood up and said to my ex-wife, ‚Hey, I messed up. This had nothing to do with you. I didn’t understand what marriage was. I cheated. I was wrong. We couldn’t fix it; it got worse. I stepped away because I didn’t want it to get any worse. You’re the mother of my kids – I don’t want to hate you.‘

Economic depression cannot be cured by legislative action or executive pronouncement. Economic wounds must be healed by the action of the cells of the economic body – the producers and consumers themselves.