Progress begins with the belief that what is necessary is possible.
Never deny a diagnosis, but do deny the negative verdict that may go with it.
My reason nourishes my faith and my faith my reason.
History is a vast early warning system.
Hope is independent of the apparatus of logic.
The human body experiences a powerful gravitational pull in the direction of hope. That is why the patient’s hopes are the physician’s secret weapon. They are the hidden ingredients in any prescription.
The more serious the illness, the more important it is for you to fight back, mobilizing all your resources-spiritual, emotional, intellectual, physical.
Just as there is no loss of basic energy in the universe, so no thought or action is without its effects, present or ultimate, seen or unseen, felt or unfelt.
If the United Nations is to survive, those who represent it must bolster it; those who advocate it must submit to it; and those who believe in it must fight for it.
Hearty laughter is a good way to jog internally without having to go outdoors.
It is reasonable to expect the doctor to recognize that science may not have all the answers to problems of health and healing.
A library is the delivery room for the birth of ideas, a place where history comes to life.
The eternal quest of the individual human being is to shatter his loneliness.
The main failure of education is that it has not prepared people to comprehend matters concerning human destiny.
The individual is capable of both great compassion and great indifference. He has it within his means to nourish the former and outgrow the latter.
The human body experiences a powerful gravitational pull in the direction of hope.
A book is like a piece of rope; it takes on meaning only in connection with the things it holds together.
Your heaviest artillery will be your will to live. Keep that big gun going.
Don’t defy the diagnosis, try to defy the verdict.
An adequate share of humor and laughter represents an essential part of the diet of the healthy person.