The secret of life is to be found in life itself, in the full organic, intellectual and spiritual activities of our body.

Scientific civilisation has destroyed the soul of the world.

More than half of all great remedies known to medical history have come from empiricists...'irregulars'...of no or little scientific training. There is no reason to believe that conditions have essentially changed.

Prayer, the basic exercise of the spirit, must be actively practiced in our private lives. The neglected soul of the human being must be made strong enough to assert itself once more. For if the power of prayer is again released and used in the lives of common men and women; if the spirit declares its aims clearly and boldly, there is yet hope that our prayers for a better world will be answered.

...in recognition of his work on vascular suture and the transplantation of blood-vessels and organs.

Only in prayer do we achieve that complete and harmonious assembly of body, mind, and spirit which gives the frail human reed its unshakable strength.

One must train oneself, by small and frequent efforts, to dominate one's feelings.