"The theory of medicine, therefore, presents what is useful in thought, but does not indicate how it is to be applied in practice-the mode of operation of these principles. The theory, when mastered, gives us a certain kind of knowledge. Thus we say, for example, there are three forms of fevers and nine constitutions. The practice of medicine is not the work which the physician carries out, but is that branch of medical knowledge which, when acquired, enables one to form an opinion upon which to base the proper plan of treatment."

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Source : Avicenna (1999). “The Canon of Medicine (al-Qānūn Fī'l-ṭibb)”, Abjad Book Designers & Builders

Avicenna

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“You have to pay the price. You will find that everything in life exacts a price, and you will have to decide whether the price is worth the prize.”
“Anything's hard to find if you go around looking for it with your eyes shut.”

Source : Shelagh Delaney (1961). “The Lion in Love: A Play”, London : Methuen
“Only the flowing water is pure and sweet. Only the spinning top and the moving bicycle do not fall over. Rest is not found in irregular and purposeless motion, nor is it stagnation; all real and firm rest is to be sought in harmonious action.”
“... giving tax incentives for more labor ownership of company stock will do more to create jobs and increase productivity than all the "emergency full employment" bills proposed.”
“The flute was an alternative to being a small fish in an increasingly bigger pool filled with a number of great guitar players.”
“But if people will laugh at my work and keep a sound roof over my head, who am I to complain?”

Source : Billie Burke (2015). “With A Feather On My Nose”, p.248, Pickle Partners Publishing
“Our religion seems foolish to you, but so does yours to me. The Baptists and Methodists and Presbyterians and the Catholics all have a different God. Why cannot we have one of our own?”

Source : Sitting Bull, Mark Diedrich (1998). “Sitting Bull: The Collected Speeches”
“How many of you have ever started dating because you were too lazy to commit a suicide?”

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