"Not to employ prayer with my patients was the equivalent of deliberately withholding a potent drug or surgical procedure."

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Source : Larry Dossey (2011). “Healing Words: The Power of Prayer and the Practice of Medicine”, p.18, Harper Collins

Larry Dossey

#Prayer Quotes #Drug Quotes #Patient Quotes

“Jesus didn't just give hugs; He also gave a hammer. Paul didn't just pass on holy kisses; he also tirelessly dealt out swift and holy kicks to the rear end of the ancient church. The Bible has the manly stuff intact, and that is why it is such a great mystery how it got lost in the modern church.”
“If honor be your clothing, the suit will last a lifetime; but if clothing be your honor, it will soon be worn threadbare.”
“As a gay Jewish white South African, I belong to quite a lot of minority groups. You constantly have to question who you are, what you are and whether you have the courage to be who you are.”
“Is she perverted like me? Would she go down on you in a theatre?”
“There cannot be a new religion. Religion is a continuous living process within us which is our sustenance. It's like a ladder on which we climb, leaving one by one, step by step - but not leaving the ladder. All others are required.”
“The flowering of love is meditation.”
“There's no point thinking, 'Well, my life's certainly worked out, I've got all the answers.' It would be wrong for me to say that I don't get seduced by certain things. That things don't become tempting.”
“I believe every childhood should be magical.”

Source : "Jo Dee Messina: On Turning Life into Song". Interview with Maranda Pleasant, www.marandapleasantmedia.com.

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