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.

If news is not really news unless it is bad news, it may be difficult to claim we are an informed nation

If something comes to life in others because of you, then you have made an approach to immortality.

I have learned never to underestimate the capacity of the human mind and body to regenerate - even when prospects seem most wretched. The life force may be the least understood force on earth.

The individual is capable of both great compassion and great indifference. He has it within his means to nourish the former and outgrow the latter.

You are younger today than you will ever be again. Make use of it for the sake of tomorrow.

The capacity for hope is the most significant fact of life.