Pessimism is a waste of time.

The real wealth, not only of America, but of the world, is in the resources of the ground we stand on, and in the resources of the humankind.

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

Laughter is a form of internal jogging. It moves your internal organs around. It enhances respiration. It is an igniter of great expectations.

Drugs are not always necessary. Belief in recovery always is.

Your heaviest artillery will be your will to live. Keep that big gun going.

Of all the gifts bestowed by nature on human beings, hearty laughter must be close to the top.