Lessons in Health

Πρὸς σκληρὰν καὶ ἀπειθῆ καρδίαν λόγος ὑγιής οἰα εἰσερχεται, ἀλλ' ὥσπερ ἀντιτυπούμενος εἰς ἑαυτὴν ἐπανέρχεται.      Ὡς δὲ σώματος ἀγαθὸν ὑγεία, οὕτω ψυχῆς ἀγαθη γνῶσις, ὑγεία τις οὖσα ψυχῆς, καθ' πρὸς Θεὸν ὁμοίωσις γίνεται. Άγιος Ιωάννης ο Δαμασκηνός, Τὰ Ιἐρα Παραλληλα

To a hard and unfeeling heart teaching can bring no health but as something repelled by a hard body it returns to itself. 1 As health is the good of the body so knowledge is of the soul, which health being of the soul makes a likeness unto God. 1 Saint John of Damascus, from the Sacred Parallels 1. Attributed to Saint Justin Martyr