The physician should not treat the disease but the patient who is suffering from it

Every man whose character traits all lie in the mean is called a wise man.

Do not imagine that these most difficult problems can be thoroughly understood by any one of us.

God is identical with His attributes, so that it may be said that He is the knowledge, the knower, and the known.

Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day; teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime.

He who immerses himself in sexual intercourse will be assailed by premature aging, his strength will wane, his eyes will weaken, and a bad odour will emit from his mouth and his armpits, his teeth will fall out and many other maladies will afflict him.

Medical practice is not knitting and weaving and the labor of the hands, but it must be inspired with soul and be filled with understanding and equipped with the gift of keen observation . . .