The Jewish Wisdom Database

When the soul is at peace, so will the body be.

Who suspects the upright will be smitten with bodily ill.

Vinegar is good for you in dry heat.

Voices, sights and savours refresh Man's mind.

Wine tops the list of all medicines.

A lot of wine is harmful but a little is good.

Wounds may be cured but not the hurt of words.

A Hospital is no place to be sick.

The body is a marvelous machine...a chemical laboratory, a power-house. Every movement, voluntary or involuntary, full of secrets and marvels!

Food is an important part of a balanced diet.

I never took hallucinogenic drugs because I never wanted my consciousness expanded one unnecessary iota.

She got her looks from her father. He's a plastic surgeon.

The first time I see a jogger smiling, I'll consider it.

Underneath this flabby exterior is an enormous lack of character.

My biggest nightmare is I'm driving home and get sick and go to hospital. I say: 'Please help me.' And the people say: 'Hey, you look like...' And I'm dying while they're wondering whether I'm Barbra Streisand.

If an individual is handicapped, he or she is challenged by Divine Providence to uncover hidden abilities and energies to overcome his or her handicap, and to attain higher levels of achievement than others who are not similarly handicapped. I strongly recommend a change in the term 'handicapped' - and prefer the term 'special' or 'excellent ones,' for it is their excellence that enables them to transcend whatever physical limitations they may have.

Talking from morning to night about sex has helped my skiing, because I talk about movement, about looking good, about taking risks.

I think your whole life shows in your face and you should be proud of that.

Women should try to increase their size rather than decrease it, because I believe the bigger we are, the more space we'll take up, and the more we'll have to be reckoned with.

Survival is nothing more than recovery.

I found there was only one way to look thin, hang out with fat people.

It is more profitable for your Congressman to support the tobacco industry than your life.

My doctor gave me six months to live but when I couldn't pay his bill gave me six months more.

When I read about the evils of drinking, I gave up reading.

When I told my doctor I couldn't afford an operation, he offered to touch-up my X-rays.