A suprising number of physicians manage to continue to care about persons even after the rigors of medical training.

I had repeatedly accepted inappropriate burdens, stepping in to do what needed to be done. In retrospect, I think I carried them well, but the cost was that I was chronically overloaded, weary, and short of time for politicking, smoothing ruffled feathers, and simply resting.

Fluidity and discontinuity are central to the reality in which we live.

What would it be like to have not only color vision but culture vision, the ability to see the multiple worlds of others.

Caring can be learned by all human beings, can be worked into the design of every life, meeting an individual need as well as a pervasive need in society.

The critical question about regret is whether experience led to growth and new learning. Some people seem to keep on making the same mistakes, while others at least make new ones. Regret and remorse can be either paralyzing or inspiring. [p. 199]

Solutions to problems often depend upon how they're defined.