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If you be sick, your own thoughts make you sick
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"If you be sick, your own thoughts make you sick"

- Ben Jonson

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This quote by Ben Jonson is a tip that our ideas have an effective impact on our physical and psychological health. It recommends that if we are feeling weak, it is most likely since of our own unfavorable ideas and attitudes. Jonson is recommending that if we wish to enhance our health, we should initially change our thoughts. He is encouraging us to focus on positive thoughts and to be mindful of our inner discussion. He is also recommending that our ideas can be a source of healing, if we select to concentrate on the good. By understanding our thoughts and actively picking to think favorably, we can enhance our physical and mental health. Jonson's quote is a suggestion that our ideas have the power to make us sick or to make us well.

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Ben Jonson This quote is written / told by Ben Jonson between June 11, 1572 and August 6, 1637. He was a famous Poet from England. The author also have 30 other quotes.

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