You disappoint yourself more often by not doing things because of cowardice and temerity than you ever did by doing things that turn out to be wrong.

You disappoint yourself more often by not doing things because of cowardice and temerity than you ever did by doing things that turn out to be wrong.

To my mind, having a care and concern for others is the highest of the human qualities.

Every eye is an eye, when you're doing the surgery there that is just as important as if you were doing eye surgery on the prime minster or the king.

The neglect this implied, the suffering and wasted quality of human life were appalling.

I believe that the basic attribute of mankind is to look after each other

Each year in Africa about two and a half million people go blind...and they just go blind... they sit around in their huts.