"The problem for a Paracelsian physician like me is that I see diseases as disguises in which people present me with their wretchedness."

-- Robertson Davies

#People Quotes #Disease Quotes #Physicians Quotes

“If you teach a poor young man to shave himself, and keep his razor in order, you may contribute more to the happiness of his life than in giving him a thousand guineas.”
“We must also teach science not as the bare body of fact, but more as human endeavor in its historic context-in the context of the effects of scientific thought on every kind of thought. We must teach it as an intellectual pursuit rather than as a body of tricks.”
“Life, alas, is very drear. Up with the glass! Down with the beer!”

Source : Louis Untermeyer (1930). “Blue Rhine, Black Forest: A Hand- & Day-book”
“The truth can set us free, but only if we're always in the process of discovering it.”
“just because people are fat, it doesn't mean they are well fed. The cheapest foods are the fattening ones, not the most nourishing.”
“In this new era of social media the rules of the road have changed significantly, yet the basic yearning for true connectivity and love have not.”

Source : "Interview With Rising Star Matthew Hussey, Bestselling Author of Get The Guy and International Love Guru". Interview with Nicole Bryl, www.huffingtonpost.com. April 24, 2013.
“For all sad words of tongue and pen, The saddest are these, 'It might have been'.”
“And in the end, bin Laden died in a squalid suburban compound surrounded by his wives and children and far from the front lines of his holy war.”

Source : "A visit to Osama bin Laden's lair" by Peter Bergen, www.cnn.com. May 3, 2012.

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