The purpose of education is to enable us to develop to the fullest that which is inside us

The physician's ability to reassure the patient is a major factor in activating the body's own healing system.

Although a man may have no jurisdiction over the fact of his existence, he can hold supreme command over the meaning of existence for him.

Education tends to be diagrammatic and categorical, opening up no sluices in the human imagination on the wonder of the beauty of our unique estate in the cosmos. Little wonder that it becomes so easy for our young to regard human hurt casually or to be uninspired by the magic of sensitivity.

Death is not the greatest loss in life. The greatest loss is what dies inside us while we live.

Hope, purpose and determination are not merely mental states. They have electrochemical connections that affect the immune system.

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.