Most people think that aging is irreversible and we know that there are mechanisms even in the human machinery that allow for the reversal of aging, through correction of diet, through anti-oxidants, through removal of toxins from the body, through exercise, through yoga and breathing techniques, and through meditation.
-- Deepak Chopra

"If I had not been already been meditating, I would certainly have had to start. I've treated my own depression for many years with exercise and meditation, and I've found that to be a tremendous help."
-- Judy Collins

"Few people know how to take a walk. The qualifications are endurance, plain clothes, old shoes, an eye for nature, good humor, vast curiosity, good speech, good silence and nothing too much."
~ Ralph Waldo Emerson

"Intellectual tasting of life will not supersede muscular activity."
~ Ralph Waldo Emerson

Exercise and application produce order in our affairs, health of body, cheerfulness of mind, and these make us precious to our friends. ~ Thomas Jefferson

Walking is the best possible exercise. Habituate yourself to walk very far.
~ Thomas Jefferson

A strong body makes the mind strong. ~ Thomas Jefferson

Leave all the afternoon for exercise and recreation, which are as necessary as reading. I will rather say more necessary because health is worth more than learning. ~ Thomas Jefferson

The Greeks understood that mind and body must develop in harmounious proportions to produce a creative intelligence. And so did the most brilliant intelligence of our earliest days - Thomas Jefferson - when he said, not less than two hours a day should be devoted to exercise. If the man who wrote the Decleration of Independence, was Secretary of State, and twice President, could give it two hours, our children can give it ten or fifteen minutes. -- John F. Kennedy

Physical fitness is not only one of the most important keys to a healthy body, it is the basis of dynamic and creative intellectual activity. -- John F. Kennedy

Our growing softness, our increasing lack of physical fitness, is a menace to our security. -- John F. Kennedy