The power of love to change bodies is

The power of love to change bodies is legendary, built into folklore, common sense, and everyday experience. Love moves the flesh, it pushes matter around.... Throughout history, "tender loving care" has uniformly been recognized as a valuable element in healing.
- Larry Dossey

"Men have made an idol of luck as an excuse for their own thoughtlessness." - Democritus "Work and acquire, and thou hast chained the wheel of Chance." - Ralph Waldo Emerson