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I only get unusual ailments.

Civilization is so hard on the body that some have called it a disease, despite the arts that keep puny bodies alive to a greater average age, and our greater protection from contagious and germ diseases.

Therefore in medicine we ought to know the causes of sickness and health.

I have developed a unique way of looking at the relationship of the human body to health and disease.

The more I work with the body, keeping my assumptions in a temporary state of reservation, the more I appreciate and sympathize with a given disease. The body no longer appears as a sick or irrational demon, but as a process with its own inner logic and wisdom.

My lifestyle is a consequence of my wounds. I'm the son of my history.

Your genome knows much more about your medical history than you do.

Illness has always brought me nearer to a state of grace.

I think my demise has been prematurely reported. That's what I think. I think I'm going take this and make medical history, and I really believe that.