“It is an easy matter to lose the health, but it is difficult to regain it…. We cannot afford to dwarf or cripple a single function of the mind or body by overwork or abuse of any part of the living machinery.” E.G. White, My Life Today, page 142
. “We should practice temperance in our labor. It is not our duty to place ourselves where we shall be overworked. Some may at times be placed where this is necessary, but it should be the exception, not the rule. We are to practice temperance in all things.” E.G. White, Temperance, page 139
. And further, by these, my son, be admonished: of making many books there is no end; and much study is a weariness of the flesh (Ecclesiastes 12:12).
“The Lord would have every student bear in mind that the eye must be kept single to the glory of God. He is not to exhaust and waste his physical and mental powers in seeking to acquire all possible knowledge of the sciences, but is to preserve the freshness and vigor of all his powers to engage in the work which the Lord has appointed him in helping souls to find the path of righteousness.” E. G. White, Medical Ministry, pages 81, 82.
Wanda Miles
Health Ministry Director