Herbert Benson quotes
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“There's something called the physiology of forgiveness. Being unable to forgive other people's faults is harmful to one's health.”
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“Stress does not cause pain, but it can exacerbate it and make it worse. Much of chronic pain is 'remembered' pain. It's the constant firing of brain cells leading to a memory of pain that lasts, even though the bodily symptoms causing the pain are no longer there. The pain is residing because of the neurological connections in the brain itself.”
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“If you are anxious, you can't learn. It's like dropping seeds on concrete. With a quiet mind, people take things in.”
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“The mind can wander while still focusing on one task.”
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“The mind and body communicate constantly. What the mind thinks, perceives, and experiences is sent from our brain to the rest of the body.”
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“We can either change the complexities of life ... or develop ways that enable us to cope more effectively.”
-- Herbert BensonSource : Herbert Benson (1976). “The Relaxation Response”, G K Hall & Company
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“The relaxation response is a physical state of deep rest that changes the physical and emotional responses to stress... and the opposite of the fight or flight response.”
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“Forgetting about our mistakes and our wounds isn't enough to make them disappear.”
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“There is more healing joy in five minutes of true worship than in five nights of revelry.”
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Source : A. J. Jacobs (2012). “Drop Dead Healthy: One Man's Humble Quest for Bodily Perfection”, p.27, Simon and Schuster
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“As I see it every day you do one of two things: build health or produce disease in yourself.”
Source : Adelle Davis (1970). “Let's Eat Right To Keep FIt”
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“Men make use of their illnesses at least as much as they are made use of by them.”
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“Facts are what pedantic, dull people have instead of opinions.”
Source : A.A. Gill (2007). “The Angry Island: Hunting the English”, p.11, Simon and Schuster
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