Charles Bukowski
Poet, Novelist
"A love like that was a serious illness, an illness from which you never entirely recover."
Serious Illness quotes
Serious Illness
17 quotes on this topic — from poets, philosophers, and thinkers across history.
Deepak Chopra
Author, Speaker
"Soul loss is regarded as the most serious diagnosis and the single greatest cause of premature death or serious illness by the traditionals, and it's not even mentioned in our Western medical textbooks."
Albert Schweitzer
Philosopher, Theologian
"Serious illness doesn't bother me for long because I am too inhospitable a host."
Eckhart Tolle
Spiritual Teacher, Author
"For many people, illness - loss of health - represents the crisis situation that triggers an awakening. With serious illness comes awareness of your own mortality, the greatest loss of all."
George Bernard Shaw
Playwright, Critic
"A serious illness or a death advertises the doctor exactly as a hanging advertises the barrister who defended the person hanged."
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