To be around someone whose self-confidence is more than what our first glance led us to expect is seductive.

Being the first born gives you great patience.

Though I am fascinated by knowledge, I am even more fascinated by wisdom.

What we need in medical schools is not to teach empathy, as much as to preserve it. The process of learning huge volumes of information about disease, of learning a specialised language, can ironically make one lose sight of the patient one came to serve; empathy can be replaced by cynicism.

I love to read poetry but I haven't written anything that I'm willing to show anybody.

Another day in paradise' was his inevitable pronouncement when he settled his head on his pillow. Now I understand what that meant: the uneventful day was a precious gift.

Be careful! Travel expands the mind and loosens the bowels.