7 Quotes by Douglas J. Lisle

Optimal results are not achievable without optimal behavior.

Keep in mind that getting control of any addictive-type problem nearly always requires multiple efforts. If at first you don’t fully succeed, keep trying and keep learning; remember, most cigarette smokers finally quit on the eighth serious attempt.

Our desire for sleep, like our desire for food, obeys a law of satiation. The attempt to circumvent this law will cause impaired mental and physical performance.

The most common complaint heard by primary care physicians today is fatigue, and the most common cause of fatigue is sleep deprivation.

The doctor of the future will give no medicine, but will interest his patients in the care of the human frame, in diet, and in the cause and prevention of disease. – Thomas A. Edison.

Nearly all weight problems are resolvable through the adoption of a diet derived from fresh fruits and vegetables, whole grains, legumes, nuts and seeds. If you are currently overweight, it is not necessary to utilize restraint on portion size, only on portion content.

The march of history is that of the human race obeying the mantra of the motivational triad – attempting to attain more pleasure, for less pain, with ever-greater efficiency.