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.

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

We have learned to live in a world of mistakes and defective products as if they were necessary to life. It is time to adopt a new philosophy in America.

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 more serious the illness, the more important it is for you to fight back, mobilizing all your resources-spiritual, emotional, intellectual, physical.

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

It is reasonable to expect the doctor to recognize that science may not have all the answers to problems of health and healing.