None are so old as those who have outlived enthusiasm.
Henry David ThoreauRead
But what is quackery? It is commonly an attempt to cure the diseases of a man by addressing his body alone. There is need of a physician who shall minister to both soul and body at once, that is, to man. Now he falls between two stools.
Interpretation
What this quote means
Quackery addresses only physical ailments, neglecting the holistic nature of human well-being.
In this quote, Thoreau critiques the narrow approach of quackery, which treats physical bodies in isolation from the mind and spirit. He emphasizes the importance of addressing both the physical and spiritual aspects of a person for true healing, suggesting that a comprehensive approach is needed to care for the whole being.
Themes
QuackeryHealingHolisticBodySoul
In practice
Example use cases
In a health seminar discussing the importance of holistic approaches to medicine.
More from Henry David Thoreau
All quotes →Through want of enterprise and faith men are where they are, buying and selling and spending their lives like servants.
Henry David ThoreauRead
An early-morning walk is a blessing for the whole day.
Henry David ThoreauRead
Have no mean hours, but be grateful for every hour, and accept what it brings. The reality will make any sincere record respectable.
Henry David ThoreauRead
As every season seems best to us in its turn, so the coming in of spring is like the creation of Cosmos out of Chaos and the realization of the Golden Age.
Henry David ThoreauRead
That grand old poem called Winter
Henry David ThoreauRead
Similar quotes
One is always more vexed at losing a game of any sort by a single hole or ace, than if one has never had a chance of winning it.
William HazlittRead
Those who can win a war well can rarely make a good peace and those who could make a good peace would never have won the war.
Winston ChurchillRead
There are no happy endings, because nothing ends.
Peter S. BeagleRead
Most of us are reflecting life and not affecting it. Your inner speech mirrors your mind, and your mind mirrors God. If you_x000D_ do not change your thoughts, you haven't changed their activity. And if_x000D_ you do not change their activity, the conditions of your life cannot_x000D_ change, for they are only bearing witness to the inner action of your_x000D_ mind.
Neville GoddardRead
Cogito cogito ergo cogito sum -- "I think that I think, therefore I think that I am;" as close an approach to certainty as any philosopher has yet made.
Ambrose BierceRead
The impressions of the spriritual experiences gave my future life its form and content.
Gustav MahlerRead