Disease is not something personal and special, but only a manifestation of life under modified conditions, operating according to the same laws as apply to the living body at all times, from the first moment until death.

The task of science is to stake out the limits of the knowable, and to center consciousness within them.

Belief begins where science leaves off and ends where science begins.

Belief cannot be reckoned with in terms of science, for science and faith are mutually exclusive.

Brevity in writing is the best insurance for its perusal.

Medicine is a social science, and politics is nothing more than medicine on a grand scale.

Medicine is a social science, and politics is nothing else but medicine on a large scale. Medicine, as a social science, as the science of human beings, has the obligation to point out problems and to attempt their theoretical solution: the politician, the practical anthropologist, must find the means for their actual solution. The physicians are the natural attorneys of the poor, and social problems fall to a large extent within their jurisdiction.