"The mind like a sick body can be healed and changed by medicine."

-- Lucretius

#Medicine Quotes #Sick Quotes #Mind Quotes

“If I do marry, I'll expect a pretty serious dowry. I'm talking goats, pigs, chickens, the works.”
“Of all sorts of flattery, that which comes from a solemn character and stands before a sermon is the worst-complexioned. Such commendation is a satire upon the author, makes the text look mercenary, and disables the discourse from doing service.”
“What is an idea made of? Of future, past and also meanwhile.”
“Eighty and six years have I served Him, and He never did me any injury: how then can I blaspheme my King and my Savior?”
“I would like to accept this recognition on behalf of all the staff members that that Iâ€™ve been associated with; all of the office people behind the scenes who never get credit and make this game so great along with the great coaches and players.”
“You know the type: loud as a motorbike but wouldn't bust a grape in a fruit fight.”
“Every single human being is trying his best. We're all doing the best we can. But when we believe what we think, we have to live out those thoughts. When there's chaos in our heads, there's chaos in our lives. When there's hurt in our thinking, there's hurt in our lives. Love thy neighbor as thyself? I always have. When I hated me, I hated you. That's how it works. If I hate someone, I'm mistaking them for me, and solutions remain hidden.”
“And you can't make a mistake when you are reading the Torah, so you have men standing around who will correct you if you are reading it incorrectly.”

Source : Patti Smith (2010). “Just Kids”, p.185, A&C Black

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