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.

Imprisoned quacks are always replaced by new ones.

There can be no scientific dispute with respect to faith, for science and faith exclude one another.

Medical statistics will be our standard of measurement: we will weigh life for life and see where the dead lie thicker, among the workers or among the privileged.

'Science in itself' is nothing, for it exists only in the human beings who are its bearers. 'Science for its own sake' usually means nothing more than science for the sake of the people who happen to be pursuing it.

As long as vitalism and spiritualism are open questions so long will the gateway of science be open to mysticism.

The physicians are the natural attorneys of the poor, and the social problems should largely be solved by them.