Hope is independent of the apparatus of logic.

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.

Governments are not built to perceive large truths. Only people can perceive great truths. Governments specialize in small and intermediate truths. They have to be instructed by their people in great truths.

Pain is part of the body's magic. It is the way the body transmits a sign to the brain that something is wrong.

The physician knows that his little black bag can carry him only so far and that the body's own healing system is the main resource.

Man is not imprisoned by habit. Great changes in him can be wrought by crisis - once that crisis can be recognized and understood.

In a democracy, the individual enjoys not only the ultimate power but carries the ultimate responsibility.