John G. Bennett famous quotes

Last updated: Sep 5, 2024

Tragedy is not what men suffer but what they miss.
We have the sense that medical students come to medicine with a great capacity to understand the suffering of patients. And then by the end of the third year they completely lose that ability, partly because we teach them the specialized language of medicine.
If I had not felt certain that every additional trial was ordered by infinite love and mercy, I could not have survived my accumulated suffering.
It is almost impossible to throw dirt on someone without getting a little on yourself
Only the impossible is worth doing.
It's hard to have that debate around secret programs authorized by secret legal opinions issued by a secret court. Actually, it's impossible to have that debate.
I've got the 30 drive right now. You turn 30, I don't know, life is exciting again; thirties is when you've got it all figured out. You start reaching some of your goals, and achieving some great things.
You can't achieve anything without getting in someone's way. You can't be detached and effective.
If left to their own devices a child will achieve.
Despicable means used to achieve laudable goals render the goals themselves despicable.

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