Inspire me with love for my art and for thy creatures. In the sufferer let me see only the human being.

The soul is subject to health and disease, just as is the body. The health and disease of both . . . undoubtedly depend upon beliefs and customs, which are peculiar to mankind.

We each decide whether to make ourselves learned or ignorant, compassionate or cruel, generous or miserly. No one forces us. No one decides for us, no one drags us along one path or the other. We are responsible for what we are.

It is well known among physicians that the best of the nourishing foods is the one that the Moslem religion forbids, i.e., Wine. It contains much good and light nourishment. It is rapidly digested and helps to digest other foods.

Your purpose...should always be to know...the whole that was intended to be known.

Let nothing which can be treated by diet be treated by other means.

Those who grieve find comfort in weeping and in arousing their sorrow until the body is too tired to bear the inner emotions.