The very first step towards success in any occupation is to become interested in it.

The greater the ignorance the greater the dogmatism.

At the outset do not be worried about this big question-Truth. It is a very simple matter if each one of you starts with the desire to get as much as possible. No human being is constituted to know the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth; and even the best of men must be content with fragments, with partial glimpses, never the full fruition. In this unsatisfied quest the attitude of mind, the desire, the thirst-a thirst that from the soul must arise!-the fervent longing, are the be-all and the end-all.

The good physician treats the disease; the great physician treats the patient who has the disease.

Let each hour of the day have its allotted duty, and cultivate that power of concentration which grows with its exercise.

The young physician starts life with 20 drugs for each disease, and the old physician ends life with one drug for 20 diseases.

We are all dietetic sinners; only a small percent of what we eat nourishes us; the balance goes to waste and loss of energy.