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I chose 10 of my favorite health quotes by authors who lived in the last 100 years. Some are funny, some witty, others dead serious, but in each of them there is something we can learn from. Enjoy



“The devil has put a penalty on all things we enjoy in life. Either we suffer in health or we suffer in soul or we get fat”. Albert Einstein

Albert Einstein (1 March 1879 – 18 April 1955) was a theoretical physicist, philosopher and author regarded by many as the greatest mind to have ever lived due to his many contributions to Physics. Over the years his name has become a synonym for genius.




“It's more important to give life to years than to give years to life”. Ana Aslan

Ana Aslan (1 January 1897 - 20 May 1988) was a famous world renowned Romanian Physician and biologist. Her contributions to geriatrics and gerontology as well as her amazing innovations in anti-aging treatments (Gerovital H3 and Aslavital treatments) drew notable personalities to her Geriatric Institute in Bucharest, among them U.S. President John F. Kennedy, Marlene Dietrich, Charlie Chaplin, Kirk Douglas, Salvador Dali, French President Charles De Gaulle.


“The only way to keep your health is to eat what you don't want, drink what you don't like, and do what you'd rather not.” Mark Twain

Samuel Langhorne Clemens (November 30, 1835 – April 21, 1910), better known by his pen name Mark Twain, was an American novelist and humorist that William Faulkner once called “the father of American literature. His most famous works are “The Adventures of Tom Sawyer” and “Adventures of Huckleberry Finn”.


“Our body is a machine for living. It is organized for that, it is its nature. Let life go on in it unhindered and let it defend itself, it will do more than if you paralyze it by encumbering it with remedies.” Leo Tolstoy

Count Lyev Nikolayevich Tolstoy (September 9 1828 – November 20 1910) was a Russian writer regarded as one of the greatest novelists. His most famous works include the novels “War and Peace and Anna Karenina.” His works influenced personalities such as Martin Luther King Jr. and Mahatma Gandhi.




“Water is life's mater and matrix, mother and medium. There is no life without water.” Albert Szent-Gyorgyi

Albert Szent-Györgyi (September 16, 1893 – October 22, 1986) was a Hungarian physiologist, credited with discovering vitamin C and winner of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine. Active within the Hungarian Resistance during World War II, he emigrated in the US in 1947.




“The trouble with always trying to preserve the health of the body is that it is so difficult to do without destroying the health of the mind.” G.K. Chesterton

Gilbert Keith Chesterton (29 May 1874 – 14 June 1936) was an English writer, nicknamed “the prince of paradox”. His most famous works include “The Everlasting Man” and “Orthodoxy”.





“If you have health, you probably will be happy, and if you have health and happiness, you have all the wealth you need, even if it is not all you want.” Elbert Hubbard

Elbert Green Hubbard (June 19, 1856 – May 7, 1915) was an American writer, philosopher and artist. A very prolific writer, Hubbard was very well known during his lifetime, his death on the Lusitania ship prompting the publication of “In Memoriam: Elbert and Alice Hubbard”. His most famous work is the essay “A Message to Garcia”.



“Everyone who is born holds dual citizenship, in the kingdom of the well and in the kingdom of the sick. Although we all prefer to use only the good passport, sooner or later each of us is obliged, at least for a spell, to identify ourselves as citizens of that other place.” Susan Sontag, Illness as Metaphor, 1977

Susan Sontag (January 16, 1933 – December 28, 2004) was an American author. Although surrounded by controversy and accused of plagiarism she found great success with her essays.



“In minds crammed with thoughts, organs clogged with toxins, and bodies stiffened with neglect, there is just no space for anything else.” Alison Rose Levy

Alison Rose Levy is a New York Times best-selling health writer and journalist. The quote is excerpted from her article "An Ancient Cure for Modern Life," Yoga Journal, Jan/Feb 2002.


“The healthy, the strong individual, is the one who asks for help when he needs it. Whether he has an abscess on his knee or in his soul. ” Rona Barrett

Rona Barrett is an American gossip columnist and businesswoman. She began appearing in “Good Morning America” in 1975 and has published at least 4 books.