“Sickness is the first warning that we have made a wrong judgement. A healthy person is never unhappy.”

— George Ohsawa

Source: Essential Ohsawa - From Food to Health, Happiness to Freedom - Understanding the Basics of Macrobiotics (1994), p. 77

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twentieth century Japanese philosopher 1893–1966

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