But is not He who created it for the sake of the sick body more than the remedy? And is not He who cures the soul, which is more than the body, greater?
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
The mind must be cured as well as the body, as the mind so is the body.
To array a man's will against his sickness is the supreme art of medicine.
As the body dieth when the soul departeth, so the soul of man dieth, when it hath not the knowledge of God.
It is only to the individual that a soul is given.
Pythagoras said that medicine is the most godlike of arts. But if the most godlike, it should tend to the soul as well as the body, or else a living thing must be unhealthy, being diseased in its higher part.
Suffering is not good for the soul, unless it teaches you to stop suffering.
Whatever man uses without the fear of God, whatever he applies to the mere gratifying of his flesh, cannot fail to operate as a poison to the soul, however pleasant and salutary it may appear to be to the body.
Nothing can cure the soul but the senses, just as nothing can cure the senses but the soul.
It is not the soul alone that should be healthy; if the mind is healthy in a healthy body, all will be healthy and much better prepared to give God greater service.
There is nothing the body suffers the soul may not profit by.