There is a physical, not moral, impossibility of supplying the wants of the intellect in the state of civilisation at which we have arrived.

For what is Mysticism? It is not the attempt to draw near to God, not by rites or ceremonies, but by inward disposition? Is it not merely a hard word for 'The Kingdom of Heaven is within'? Heaven is neither a place nor a time.

The craving for 'the return of the day', which the sick so constantly evince, is generally nothing but the desire for light.

How very little can be done under the spirit of fear.

Live life when you have it. Life is a splendid gift-there is nothing small about it.

The very first requirement in a hospital is that it should do the sick no harm.

The specific disease doctrine is the grand refuge of weak, uncultured, unstable minds, such as now rule in the medical profession. There are no specific diseases; there are specific disease conditions.