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

Silence must be comprehended as not solely the absence of sound. It is the natural environment for serenity and contemplation. Life without silence is life without privacy. The difference between sanity and madness is the quality of our thoughts. Silence is on the side of sanity.

Time given to thought is the greatest time saver of all.

Progress begins with the belief that what is necessary is possible.

A book is like a piece of rope; it takes on meaning only in connection with the things it holds together.

I've learned that next to the atomic bomb, the greatest danger is defeatism, despair, and inadequate awareness of what human beings possess. I feel that any problem that can be defined is capable of being resolved. Out of this has come my conviction that no person knows enough to be a pessimist.

Never deny a diagnosis, but do deny the negative verdict that may go with it.