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Illnesses Quotes (page 25)

Sigmund Freud quote: "In matters of sexuality we are at present, every one of us,..."
In matters of sexuality we are at present, every one of us, ill or well, nothing but hypocrites. Sigmund Freud
Paulo Coelho quote: "I hate knowing about illness. Whenever I read a medical book,..."
I hate knowing about illness. Whenever I read a medical book, I immediately start to get all the symptoms. Paulo Coelho
Jane Austen quote: "Kitty has no discretion in her coughs," said her father; "she..."
Kitty has no discretion in her coughs," said her father; "she times them ill. Jane Austen
…modern man no longer communicates with the madman […] There is no common language: or rather, it no longer exists; the constitution of madness as mental illness, at the end of the eighteenth century, bears witness to a rupture in a dialogue, gives the separation as already enacted, and expels from the memory all those imperfect words, of no fixed syntax, spoken falteringly, in which the exchange between madness and reason was carried out. The language of psychiatry, which is a monologue by... Michel Foucault
Neurotics complain of their illness, but they make the most of it, and when it comes to taking it away from them they will defend it like a lioness her young. Sigmund Freud
Don't be ridiculous, man," said Ridcully, "there's no such thing as dwarf smuggling."Yeah? Then what's that you've got there?"I'm a giant," said Casanunda."Giants are a lot bigger."I've been ill. Terry Prachett
The gout is a complaint as arises from too much ease and comfort. If ever you're attacked with the gout, sir, jist you marry a widder as has got a good loud woice, with a decent notion of usin' it, and you'll never have the gout agin.... I can warrant it to drive away any illness as is caused by too much jollity. Charles Dickens
A life like an intricately woven basket, frayed, worn, broken, unraveled, reworked, reknit from many of its original pieces... Life can survive in the constant shadow of illness, and even rise to moments of rampant joy, but the shadow remains, and one has to make space for it. Diane Ackerman
Kate Mosse quote: "There comes always a moment when the desire to act, however..."
There comes always a moment when the desire to act, however ill the cause, is stronger than the wish to listen. Kate Mosse
Only the following items should be considered to be grave faults: not respecting another's rights; allowing oneself to be paralyzed by fear; feeling guilty; believing that one does not deserve the good or ill that happens in one's life; being a coward. We will love our enemies, but not make alliances with them. They were placed in our path in order to test our sword, and we should, out of respect for them, struggle against them. We will choose our enemies. Paulo Coelho
In the end it will not matter to us whether we wrote well or ill; whether we fought with flails or reeds. It will matter to us greatly on what side we fought. Gilbert K. Chesterton
I am a sick man...I am a spiteful man. I am an unattractive man. I think my liver is diseased. Then again, I don't know a thing about my illness; I'm not even sure what hurts. Fyodor Dostoevsky
Will Durant quote: "To speak ill of others is a dishonest way of praising..."
To speak ill of others is a dishonest way of praising ourselves. . . let us be above such transparent egotism. Will Durant
So true it is, and so terrible, too, that up to a certain point the thought or sight of misery enlists our best affections; but, in certain special cases, beyond that point it does not. they err who would assert that invariable this is owing to the inherent selfishness of the human heart. It rather proceeds from a certain hopelessness of remedying excessive and organic ill. To a sensitive being, pity is not seldom pain. An when at last it is perceived that such pity cannot lead to effectual... Herman Melville
Alcohol ruined me financially and morally, broke my heart and the hearts of too many others. Even though it did this to me and it almost killed me and I haven't touched a drop of it in seventeen years, sometimes I wonder if I could get away with drinking some now. I totally subscribe to the notion that alcoholism is a mental illness because thinking like that is clearly insane. Craig Ferguson

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