Cynicism is intellectual treason.

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

Why are people more appalled at what they term an unnatural form of dying than by an unnatural form of living?

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.

Ten minutes of genuine belly laughter had an anesthetic effect and would give me at least two hours of pain-free sleep.

Optimism doesn't wait on facts. It deals with prospects. Pessimism is a waste of time.

Each patient carries his own doctor inside him.