"And If the surgeon is like a poet, then the scars you have made on countless bodies are like verses into the fashioning of which you have poured your soul."

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Source : Richard Selzer (1996). “Mortal Lessons: Notes on the Art of Surgery”, p.94, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Richard Selzer

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“Kyoto is dead and has been dead, but that doesn't mean that it hasn't done some real damage and won't continue to do some real damage," "If global warming turns out to be a problem, which I doubt, it won't be solved by making ourselves poorer through energy rationing." "It will be solved through building resiliency and capability into society and through long-term technological innovation and transformation.”
“Each year, members of Canadaâ€™s Ukrainian community, Parliamentarians and others commemorate the Holodomor at gatherings across the country. In doing so, we honour the memory of those who perished and the legacy of those who survived, including many who found refuge in Canada. It is by remembering the tragedies and atrocities of the past that we can equip ourselves to prevent them from happening again. That is why this national tour, which will reach Canadians of all ages and backgrounds, is an important initiative”
“We look at the world and see what we have learned to believe is there. We have been conditioned to expect... but, as photographers, we must learn to relax our beliefs.”
“Caring - about people, about things, about life - is an act of maturity.”
“Personal participation is the universal principle of knowing.”

Source : Michael Polanyi, Harry Prosch (2008). “Meaning”, p.44, University of Chicago Press
“We lost because we told ourselves we lost.”
“Every religion oppresses women. I talk about the Koran because I know this book best. It allows for torture and other mistreatment, especially for women. And I despise the Sharia laws. They cannot be changed. They must be thrown out, abolished.”
“Thatâ€™s how we often react when grace comes at us. Itâ€™s awkward. God offers us something thatâ€™s too good to be trueâ€”unearned, unmerited, total forgivenessâ€”and we stand there, stiff and uncomfortable, waiting for the embrace to stop so we can get back to the business of earning our way into heaven. We need to embrace grace. We need to learn how to hug back.”

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