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Andrew Weil Quotes | Quotes said by Andrew Weil

  • Andrew Weil Quote #1

    A beautiful bouquet or a long-lasting flowering plant is a traditional gift for women, but I have recommended that both men and women keep fresh flowers in the home for their beauty, fragrance, and the lift they give our spirits.


  • Andrew Weil Quote #2

    Among other things, neuroplasticity means that emotions such as happiness and compassion can be cultivated in much the same way that a person can learn through repetition to play golf and basketball or master a musical instrument, and that such practice changes the activity and physical aspects of specific brain areas.

  • Andrew Weil Quote #3

    As an American, you have a right to good health care that is effective, accessible, and affordable, that serves you from infancy through old age, that allows you to go to practitioners and facilities of your choosing, and that offers a broad range of therapeutic options.

  • Andrew Weil Quote #4

    Carbohydrate density is simple to calculate -- just divide the quantity of carbohydrate in food by the weight of the food. The more carbs packed into a given gram of food, the higher its carbohydrate density.

  • Andrew Weil Quote #5

    Citizens must pressure the American Hospital Association, the American Public Health Association, the Centers for Disease Control and other relevant governmental agencies to make greening our hospitals and medical centers a top priority so that they themselves don't create even more illness.

  • Andrew Weil Quote #6

    Each day as I travel through downtown Tucson, I am amazed at how quickly the most ancient of human behaviors have changed. For as long as there have been Homo sapiens - roughly 200,000 years - people have filled their lives principally with two activities: talking directly with other people, and doing physical things.

  • Andrew Weil Quote #7

    Fear and greed are potent motivators. When both of these forces push in the same direction, virtually no human being can resist.

  • Andrew Weil Quote #8

    Gardening is not trivial. If you believe that it is, closely examine why you feel that way. You may discover that this attitude has been forced upon you by mass media and the crass culture it creates and maintains. The fact is, gardening is just the opposite - it is, or should be, a central, basic expression of human life.

  • Andrew Weil Quote #9

    Genuine happiness comes from within, and often it comes in spontaneous feelings of joy.

  • Andrew Weil Quote #10

    Get people back into the kitchen and combat the trend toward processed food and fast food.

  • Andrew Weil Quote #11

    Human bodies are designed for regular physical activity. The sedentary nature of much of modern life probably plays a significant role in the epidemic incidence of depression today. Many studies show that depressed patients who stick to a regimen of aerobic exercise improve as much as those treated with medication.

  • Andrew Weil Quote #12

    I am a particular fan of integrative exercise - that is, exercise that occurs in the course of doing some productive activity such as gardening, bicycling to work, doing home improvement projects and so on.

  • Andrew Weil Quote #13

    I believe that it may be normal, healthy, and even productive to experience mild to moderate depression from time to time as part of the variable emotional spectrum, either as an appropriate response to situations or as a way of turning inward and mentally chewing over problems to find solutions.

  • Andrew Weil Quote #14

    I have argued for years that we do not have a health care system in America. We have a disease-management system - one that depends on ruinously expensive drugs and surgeries that treat health conditions after they manifest rather than giving our citizens simple diet, lifestyle and therapeutic tools to keep them healthy.

  • Andrew Weil Quote #15

    I think instead [of happiness] we should be working for contentment... an inner sense of fulfillment that's relatively independent of external circumstances.

  • Andrew Weil Quote #16

    In my view, prescribing antidepressant drugs is too often a quick and easy substitute for developing treatment plans that address the totality of health concerns and lifestyle factors that have an impact on wellness, including emotional wellness.

  • Andrew Weil Quote #17

    In the world at large, people are rewarded or punished in ways that are often utterly random. In the garden, cause and effect, labor and reward, are re-coupled. Gardening makes sense in a senseless world. By extension, then, the more gardens in the world, the more justice, the more sense is created.

  • Andrew Weil Quote #18

    My passion for gardening may strike some as selfish, or merely an act of resignation in the face of overwhelming problems that beset the world. It is neither. I have found that each garden is just what Voltaire proposed in Candide: a microcosm of a just and beautiful society.

  • Andrew Weil Quote #19

    My personal opinion is that the neutral position on the mood spectrum—what I called emotional sea level—is not
    happiness but rather contentment and the calm acceptance that is the goal of many kinds of spiritual practice.

  • Andrew Weil Quote #20

    One of the most obvious ways dogs can improve our physical and mental health is via daily walks.

  • Andrew Weil Quote #21

    People who are contented and serene sleep well. They fall asleep easily, stay asleep, and wake refreshed. Conversely, people who are anxious, stressed, or depressed do not sleep well, and chronic insomnia is strongly associated with mood disorders. These are clear correlations, but what is cause and what is effect is not clear. Most experts agree that sleep and mood are closely related, that healthy sleep can enhance emotional well-being, while insufficient quantity or quality of sleep can adversely affect it.

  • Andrew Weil Quote #22

    Technology has a shadow side. It accounts for real progress in medicine, but has also hurt it in many ways, making it more impersonal, expensive and dangerous. The false belief that a safety net of sophisticated drugs and machines stretches below us, permitting risky or lazy lifestyle choices, has undermined our spirit of self-reliance.

  • Andrew Weil Quote #23

    The bottom line is that the human body is complex and subtle, and oversimplifying - as common sense sometimes impels us to do - can be hazardous to your health.

  • Andrew Weil Quote #24

    The more easily digestible and refined the carbohydrates, the greater the effect on our health, weight and well-being.

  • Andrew Weil Quote #25

    The most common objection that I hear to walking as exercise is that it's too easy, that only sweaty, strenuous activity offers real benefits. But there is abundant evidence that regular, brisk walking is associated with better health, including lower blood pressure, better moods and improved cholesterol ratios.

  • Andrew Weil Quote #26

    The notion that a human being should be constantly happy is a uniquely modern, uniquely American, uniquely destructive idea.

  • Andrew Weil Quote #27

    The World Health Organization has recognized acupuncture as effective in treating mild to moderate depression.

  • Andrew Weil Quote #28

    We need to accept the seemingly obvious fact that a toxic environment can make people sick and that no amount of medical intervention can protect us. The health care community must become a powerful political lobby for environmental policy and legislation.

  • Andrew Weil Quote #29

    We're all affected by music. It has the power to inspire, uplift us, change our moods, and even alter consciousness.

  • Andrew Weil Quote #30

    Whenever I write about mental health and integrative therapies, I am accused of being prejudiced against pharmaceuticals. So let me be clear - integrative medicine is the judicious application of both conventional and evidence-based natural therapies.

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