If we would serve science, we must extend her limits, not only as far as our own knowledge is concerned, but in the estimation of others.

First, it must be a pleasure to study the human body the most miraculous masterpiece of nature and to learn about the smallest vessel and the smallest fiber. But second and most important, the medical profession gives the opportunity to alleviate the troubles of the body, to ease the pain, to console a person who is in distress, and to lighten the hour of death of many a sufferer.

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 body is a cell state in which every cell is a citizen. Disease is merely the conflict of the citizens of the state brought about by the action of external forces.

Only those who regard healing as the ultimate goal of their efforts can, therefore, be designated as physicians.

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

Medical education does not exist to provide students with a way of making a living, but to ensure the health of the community.