We are wide-eyed in contemplating the possibility that life may exist elsewhere in the universe, but we wear blinders when contemplating the possibilities of life on earth.

The doctor knows that it is the prescription slip itself, even more than what is written on it, that is often the vital ingredient for enabling a patient to get rid of whatever is ailing him.

The American people are beginning to think in new ways about health and illness . . . Bernie Siegel is helping to define and open up these new frontiers. In this sense he is in the best medical tradition.

Second only to freedom, learning is the most precious option on earth.

The growth of the human mind is still high adventure, in many ways the highest adventure on earth.

History is a vast early warning system.

All this sensory input, which begins in the brain, has its effect throughout the body.