A man thinking or working is always alone, let him be where he will.

We call the one side [of humanity] religion, and we call the other science. Religion is always right. ... Science is always wrong; it is the very artifice of men. Science can never solve one problem without raising ten more problems.

To the person with a toothache, even if the world is tottering, there is nothing more important than a visit to a dentist.

Our lives are shaped not as much by our experiences as by our expectations.

Whenever I see the word Operation, especially Trifling Operation, I at once write off the patient as dead.

Poverty does not produce unhappiness: It produces degradation.

What right has any human being to talk of bringing up a child? You do not bring up a tree or a plant. It brings itself up. You have to give it a fair chance by tilling the soil.