"It makes little difference how many university courses or degrees a person may own. If he cannot use..." — Norman Cousins

Death is not the greatest loss in life. The greatest loss is what dies inside us while we live.

The tragedy of life is in what dies inside a man while he lives - the death of genuine feeling, the death of inspired response, the awareness that makes it possible to feel the pain or the glory of other men in yourself.

It is reasonable to expect the doctor to recognize that science may not have all the answers to problems of health and healing.

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.