Andrew Weil Quotes About Culture

Quotes about: Culture

• Clearly, America's dysfunctional food culture must bear some of the blame for our excess pounds, but it's likely our walking-averse lifestyles contribute as well.

  Andrew Weil

  Food Culture, America, Excess

  "Walk Like An Australian, Lose 10 Pounds" by Andrew Weil, www.huffingtonpost.com. February 29, 2012.

• Gardening is not trivial. If you believe that it is, closely examine why you feel that way. You may discover that this attitude has been forced upon you by mass media and the crass culture it creates and maintains. The fact is, gardening is just the opposite - it is, or should be, a central, basic expression of human life.

  Andrew Weil

  Attitude, Believe, Garden

  "One Simple Resolution: Gardening" by Andrew Weil, www.huffingtonpost.com. December 27, 2012.

• I know of no culture in the world at present or any time in the past that has not been heavily involved with one or more psychoactive substances.

  Andrew Weil

  Past, Culture, Substance

• Another very common use, in all cultures, of psychoactive substances is to give people transcendent experiences. To allow them to transcend their human and ego boundaries to feel greater contact with the supernatural, or with the spiritual, or with the divine, however they phrase it in their terms.

  Andrew Weil

  Spiritual, People, Giving

• I don't think you can live without stress; I think the human life is stressful, and it probably always has been, although the forms of stress may change from culture to culture, and from time to time.

  Andrew Weil

  Stress, Thinking, Culture

  "Dr. Andrew Weil: On Changing the Current Paradigm in Healthcare". Interview with Robert Piper, www.marandapleasantmedia.com.

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