Placebo Effect Quotes

“The power of suggestion makes some people sick and other people well.”
― Jack Gladney (White Noise)

“We often give painkillers the credit that ought to be given to the passage of time, the belief that they would kill the pain, or the water that accompanied them.”
― Mokokoma Mokhonoana

“Placebo effect is where the drug causes greater effect and thereby faith accentuates, prolongs and promulgates the strength of the drug. Faith in an object that is known creates a strength in the object's reaction in a more powerful manner, provided the object was intended to create positive in the first place. Yet if this faith is turned inward in a negative manner, it can hinder the effectiveness of the drug or creative power of the thing being used for the positive, this is called the nocebo effect.”
― L.B. Ó Ceallaigh, The Bifrost and The Ark: Examining the Cult and Religion of New Atheism

“Not knowing that eating something we have just eaten is bad for our health is in some cases good for our health.”
― Mokokoma Mokhonoana

“Instant gratification is a deadly weapon. It kills so slowly and is deceitfully poisonous with its placebo effect. It is one of the annihilators of masculinity.”
― Emmanuel Apetsi

“Your mind is the most powerful thing in your control.”
― Keith R. Holden M.D., Power of the Mind in Health and Healing

“Suffering has no higher purpose. Shit just happens. There is no God testing us. Those are just fairy tales we use to cope with adversity. Religion is a placebo.”
― Oliver Markus Malloy, Atheism Memes: 40 Reasons Why I'm An Atheist

“To a large extent, the brain doesn’t distinguish real from imaginary, and this underpins some aspects of the placebo effect. When you imagine that something is happening, it really is happening as far as your brain is concerned, and it releases the chemical substances necessary to confirm that what you’re imagining is indeed real.”
― David R. Hamilton, Why Woo-Woo Works: The Surprising Science Behind Meditation, Reiki, Crystals, and Other Alternative Practices

“Placebo brings comfort, not change.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Bulletproof Backbone: Injustice Not Allowed on My Watch

“Every life is a tragedy that ends in death and grief. The tragic inevitability of death makes everything meaningless. Religion seeks meaning where there is none. God is a coping mechanism, a placebo for the grief-stricken.”
― Oliver Markus Malloy, Atheism Memes: 40 Reasons Why I'm An Atheist

“Most drugs provide no more overall benefits than placebos.”
― Sayem Sarkar

“You were the reason and
I will never deny the fact,

But upon introspection,
I realized It was all due to the placebo effect.”
― Ritu Negi, Ethereal

“What we focus on, what we believe, has a direct effect on the unfolding of actual events—small ones, yes, but large ones as well. Indeed, our sustained focus is the primary driver in bringing what are initially purely imagined scenarios (some on an expanded scale) to life.”
― Sol Luckman, Get Out of Here Alive: Inner Alchemy & Immortality

“Epigenetics reveals that your body isn’t a genetically predetermined flesh robot, but is regulated by a set of gene switches that can be turned on or off—by you—mindfully. Ergo, our genes aren’t our destiny. We have far more control over their expression than most ever imagined.”
― Sol Luckman, Get Out of Here Alive: Inner Alchemy & Immortality

“Whether we like it or not, we’re walking placebo and nocebo generators, able to create health miracles or disasters (usually without even realizing we’re the ones doing so) practically in the blink of an eye.”
― Sol Luckman, Get Out of Here Alive: Inner Alchemy & Immortality

“Our beliefs and thoughts coalesce into a kind of virtual
omnipotence that’s literally divine in its creational ability, allowing it to bring different versions of reality into existence.”
― Sol Luckman, Get Out of Here Alive: Inner Alchemy & Immortality

“When we focus on positive thoughts, we attract positive experiences into our field of awareness. Conversely, when we dwell on negativity, we invite more negativity into our experience.

This isn’t to say we should ignore challenges or pretend everything’s hunky-dory when it obviously isn’t. Don’t be an ostrich and bury your head in the sand when shit’s hitting the fan.

Rather, the idea is to choose to approach life—even its trying moments—with an upbeat and proactive mindset, believing in our ability to overcome obstacles and create a better future … at least for ourselves.”
― Sol Luckman, Get Out of Here Alive: Inner Alchemy & Immortality