The main trouble with despair is that it is self-fulfilling. People who fear the worst tend to invite it. Heads that are down can't scan the horizon for new openings. Bursts of energy do not spring from a spirit of defeat. Ultimately, helplessness leads to hopelessness.

The control center of your life is your attitude.

It is reasonable to expect the doctor to recognize that science may not have all the answers to problems of health and healing.

Nature has not been lavish in her endowments, but each person has his or her own potential in terms of achievement and service. The awareness of that potential is the discovery of purpose; the fulfillment of that potential is the discovery of strength.

People are never more insecure than when they become obsessed with their fears at the expense of their dreams.

Why are people more appalled at what they term an unnatural form of dying than by an unnatural form of living?

Belief creates biology.