RS Russell Shorto Author “Embedded in this outlook is an idea of the body as a machine, so that illness is seen as a breakdown of the machine, healing involves repairing the broken parts, and a doctor is a kind of mechanic with medications as his or her tools.” Ideas Doctors Healing ♥ 3
OS Octavia Spencer Actress, Producer “I look for roles that resonate with me these days. While I love putting out just fabulous entertainment, I think now as artists, especially with so much uncertainty going on in the world, you want to be a part of things that offer or promote healing in some way and perhaps a little introspection once you leave.” Thinking Artist Healing ♥ 3
J. K. Rowling Novelist, Screenwriter “He put his foot on one pedal, scooted a few yards and swung his other leg over the saddle. He soared left into the vertiginously sloping hillside road and sped, without touching his brakes ... The hedgerows and sky blurred; he imagined himself in a velodrome as the wind whipped his hair clean...” Hair Wind Healing ♥ 3
Mahatma Gandhi Political Leader “The mundane use of the Gayatri, its repetition for healing the sick, illustrates the meaning we have given to prayer.” Prayer Healing Sick ♥ 3
Oprah Winfrey Television host, producer, philanthropist “What I know for sure is that the only way to endure the quake is to adjust your stance. You can't avoid the daily tremors. Don't fight them. Just find a different way to stand.” Fighting Different Healing ♥ 3
Ovid Poet “The art of medicine in the season lies: Wine given in season oft will benefit, Which out of season injures.” Art Lying Healing ♥ 3
Kate Chopin Author “No, I only think you cruel, as I said the other day. Maybe not intentionally cruel; but you seem to be forcing me into disclosures which can result in nothing; as if you would have me bare a wound for the pleasure of looking at it, without the intention or power of healing it.” Thinking Healing Pleasure ♥ 3
FK Florence King Author “Any discussion of the problems of being funny in America will not make sense unless we substitute the word wit for humor. Humor inspires sympathetic good-natured laughter and is favored by the healing-power gang. Wit goes for the jugular, not the jocular, and it's the opposite of football; instead of building character, it tears it down.” Football Laughter Healing ♥ 3
LO Lauren Oliver Author “The alchemist was dazed and dumbfounded, as the true meaning of the magic was revealed: *The dead will rise from glade to glen and ancient will be young again*. The dead had, after all, risen. From dead and dry things there was growth, and new life everywhere. And the endlessly long winter had at last turned to spring. From life to death and back again to life. It was indeed the greatest magic in the world.” Spring Healing Winter ♥ 3
Nhat Hanh Zen Master, Author “The healing of ourselves is the healing of the whole nation. Society is only a manifestation of our collective consciousness and our collective consciousness has a lot of fear, violence and hatred in it. ... It is possible to transform our heart...Not much time is needed...(the transformation can be born) the moment you vow to go in the direction of peace and service.” Heart Healing Hatred ♥ 3
Nhat Hanh Zen Master, Author “Every step taken in mindfulness brings us one step closer to healing ourselves and the planet.” Taken Healing Mindfulness ♥ 3
Nhat Hanh Zen Master, Author “I think Buddhism should open the door of psychology and healing to penetrate more easily into the Western world.” Thinking Buddhism Healing ♥ 3
