Medicatrix Naturae Quotes & Sayings

In effect, vice turns common sense upside-down, and he who admits himself to be vicious abides by stigmatizing terms of horror. — Georges Bataille

To Daemon, my arrival was the beginning of the end. The apocalypse. Kat-mageddon. — Jennifer L. Armentrout

falling in love isn't about who makes you feel the best, but who could make you the most miserable if they leave — Christina Lauren

The mechanisms of vis medicatrix naturae - the most healing power of nature - are so effective that most diseases are self-terminating. — Rene Dubos

There is a great deal of pain in life and perhaps the only pain that can be avoided is the pain that comes from trying to avoid pain. — R.D. Laing

I am here," Eric said.
"And I am here." I was a little amused at Eric's phone answering technique.
"Sookie, my little bullet-sucker," he said, sounding fond and warm.
"Eric, my big bullshitter. — Charlaine Harris

You don't know anything, Meira, and I'm sorry if this...is hard for you to accept, but it will happen. You wanted to matter to Winter? This is how Winter needs you. — Sara Raasch

If there is an action scene, I want to do everything myself. — Hiroyuki Sanada

We are more successfully healed by the vis medicatrix naturae (healing power of nature) than by the most ingenious medical application. — Richard M. Weaver

I like books that don't give you an easy ride. I like the feeling of discomfort. The sense of being implicated. — Zadie Smith

I think a lot of women, especially ones that want to achieve career goals, tend to worry. I don't want anyone to worry their life away. — Dana Perino

God made this world, but he didn't make it to suit everybody, did he? — Cormac McCarthy

Cunningham himself said in an interview in Poz that he couldn't help noticing that as soon as he wrote a novel without a blowjob, they gave him the Pulitzer Prize. — Christopher Bram

The kingdom is not an exclusive, well-trimmed suburb with snobbish rules about who can live there. No, it is for a larger, homelier, less self-conscious caste of people who understand they are sinners because they have experienced the yaw and pitch of moral struggle. — Brennan Manning

Choose the life that is most useful, and habit will make it the most agreeable. — Francis Bacon

I highly recommend Marci Alboher's One Person/ Multiple Careers. It includes lots of practical strategies for living the slash. Malcom Gladwell is also a constant source of inspiration for me. In his book Outliers, Gladwell proposes that there are three criteria for meaningful work - complexity, autonomy, and a relationship between effort and reward - and that these can often be found in creative work.2 These criteria absolutely fit with what cultivating meaningful work means in the context of the Wholehearted journey. Last, I think everyone should read Paulo Coelho's The Alchemist3 - I try to read it at least once a year. It's a powerful way of seeing the connections between our gifts, our spirituality, and our work (slashed or not) and how they come together to create meaning in our lives. — Brene Brown

As this pain comes up also focus on the love you feel for him/her. Focus on the love. Love feels good, love is expansive. Love is open and accepting. This love you feel is healing the pain of your loss. One day soon your pain will go and only the love will remain. — John Gray