Words have to be crafted, not sprayed. They need to be fitted together with infinite care.

A book is like a piece of rope; it takes on meaning only in connection with the things it holds together.

Since the human body tends to move in the direction of its expectations- plus or minus-it is important to know that attitudes of confidence and determination are no less a part of the treatment program than medical science and technology.

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.

The eternal quest of the individual human being is to shatter his loneliness.

Cynicism is intellectual treason.

The only security for the American people today, or for any people, is to be found through the control of force rather than the use of force.