Quotes by Physicians - Page 25

Adversity is a better educator than the best teacher.
Debasish Mridha
But man is a Noble Animal, splendid in ashes, and pompous in the grave, solemnizing Nativities and Deaths with equal lustre, nor omitting Ceremonies of bravery, in the infamy of his nature. Life is a pure flame, and we live by an invisible Sun within us.
Thomas Browne
12 Things To Ditch For A Great DayBlameGuiltWorryRegretResentmentEntitlementSelf-pityLazinessNegative attitudeFear of embarrassmentUrge to one-up othersYour comfort zone
Charles F. Glassman
I often choose to be alone, but I never feel lonely.
Debasish Mridha
Could one that's damned stand in high Heaven, even thereHe'd feel within himself all Hell and Hell's despair.
Angelus Silesius
Remorse is a virtue in that it is a stirrer up of the emotions but it is a folly to accept it is a criticism of conduct.
William Carlos Williams
But time in only another liar, so go along the wall a little further: if blackberries prove bitter there'll be mushrooms, fairy-ring mushrooms in the grass, sweetest of all fungi.
William Carlos Williams
There is no thing that with a twist of the imagination cannot be something else. Porpoises risen in a green sea, the wind at nightfall bending the rose- red grasses and you- in your apron hurrying to catch- say it seems to you to be your son. How ridiculous! You will pass up into a cloud and look back at me, not count the scribbling foolish that put wings at your heels, at your knees.
William Carlos Williams
Hold back the edges of your gown, Ladies, we are going through hell.
William Carlos Williams
Is that vodka?' Margarita asked weakly. The cat jumped up from its chair in indignation. 'Excuse me, your majesty,' he squeaked, 'do you think I would give vodka to a lady? That is pure spirit!
Mihail Bulhakov
No one can go back and correct his mistakes, but everyone can go forward and change their thoughts and perceptions.
Debasish Mridha
No matter how much you try to maintain order in your life, no matter how careful you are to guard against mistakes, against imperfections, there is always some smudge, some flaw, lurking out of sight. Waiting to surprise you.
Tess Gerritsen
Happiness is best when shared. Wherever you go, make sure to leave a little happiness behind.
Charles F. Glassman
Before searching for happiness in others, we my first find it in ourselves.
Charles F. Glassman
The seeds of happiness can grow from one thought, one idea, one simple change in focus.
Charles F. Glassman
For the sake of your health and happiness, replace the loss that causes sadness with the thanks that yields gratitude.
Charles F. Glassman
The happiness of your life depends on which thoughts you choose to believe.
Charles F. Glassman
Happiness often relies on one character trait: self-discipline.
Charles F. Glassman
A little belief, a little faith, a little hope is sometimes all we need, to see the light.
Charles F. Glassman
Faith is not the belief that everything will be all right tomorrow, but the belief that I possess the strength to make everything all right today.
Charles F. Glassman
Faith is never blind when others see it in our actions.
Charles F. Glassman
Despite our challenges, hope lies in the reality that our story does not end here.
Charles F. Glassman
Fear uncovers the impossible, while faith uncovers the possible.
Charles F. Glassman
Faith is knowing that when life doesn’t go quite as planned, it is, in fact. exactly as planned.
Charles F. Glassman
Fear slams the door on belief, hope, and faith.
Charles F. Glassman
Stress can destroy much more than just our physical health. Too often, it eats away at our hope, belief, and faith.
Charles F. Glassman
Believing in the inherent good of humankind is akin to having faith. It is to believe in something that may not be readily apparent.
Charles F. Glassman
There is always hope and room for faith. Unless, of course, you trust the voice that screams otherwise, while ignoring the whisper that knows this to be true.
Charles F. Glassman
To stay grounded and feel secure, I choose:Faith over fear;Action over procrastination;Focus over distraction;Reflection over reaction.
Charles F. Glassman
Trying to figure it all out is impossible. But what isn’t impossible is to:Have gratitudeStay PositiveHave faithBe friendly and kindListen first; speak secondDo your best, not try to be the bestEnjoy the ride!
Charles F. Glassman
A little belief, a little hope, a little faith is sometimes all you need to see the light.
Charles F. Glassman
Never blame anyone for your life. You are responsible for you.
Debasish Mridha
there are men who are ancient and determined enemies of the Church of Rome who live in perpetual hope of its destruction
Glenn Cooper
Simon shook his head. ‘The Nazis in Germany…the Japanese here in Shanghai…Treating people as less than human because of the shape of their faces or the sound of their names. Sometimes it feels like the whole damn world is unraveling.
Daniel Kalla
Poor health was not just the result of random acts, bad luck, bad behavior or unfortunate genetics. Deliberate public policy decision about housing, education, parks and streets were the key drivers of racial differences in mortality. Crime kept people off the streets and limited their ability to exercise. The lack of grocery stores limited dietary choices. The lack of primary care doctors and specialists in these communities made chronic disease care more difficult. The degradation and loss of hospital services in these communities affected hospital-based outcomes. … The chronic underfunding of critical health services at Cook County Hospital and other safety-net providers contributed to these poor outcomes as well. The deleterious impact of social structures such as urban poverty and racism on health has been called 'structural violence.
David A. Ansell
Men being, as has been said, by nature, all free, equal and independent, no one can be put out of this estate, and subjected to the political power of another, without his own consent.
John Locke
it was all I had, all I've ever had, the only currency, the only proof that I was alive. Memory." p 380
Abraham Verghese
Waves of positivity and possibilities send tiny ripples of hope to wash away the walls of negativity.
Debasish Mridha
Be positive. Now attract every negative person and neutralize them.
Debasish Mridha
Mother Teresa once said, "Loneliness and the feeling of being unwanted are the greatest poverty." To this I will add: Please believe that one single positive dream is more important than a thousand negative realities.
Adeline Yen Mah
The problem: If you've an antique for sale, then, sad to relate, the world isn't your oyster. It's not that easy. Even if somebody gives you the National Gallery, your options are still very, very limited. Okay, you can sell the Old Masters, set up a trust, buy your favorite brewery. But that's strictly it. You're limited by honesty on one hand and law - that hobble of sanity - on the other.
Jonathan Gash
Anyone who denies the law of non-contradiction should be beaten and burned until he admits that to be beaten is not the same as not to be beaten, and to be burned is not the same as not to be burned.
Avicenna
This compassion, or sympathy with the pains of others, ought also to extend to the brute creation, as far as our necessities will admit; for we cannot exist long without the destruction of other animal or vegetable beings either in their mature or embryon state. Such is the condition of mortality, that the first law of nature is 'eat, or be eaten.' Hence for the preservation of our existence we may be supposed to have a natural right to kill those brute creatures, which we want to eat, or which want to eat us; but to destroy even insects wantonly shows an unreflecting mind, or a depraved heart.
Erasmus Darwin
As usurpation is the exercise of power, which another hath a right to; so tyranny is the exercise of power beyond right, which no body can have a right to. And this is making use of the power any one has in his hands, not for the good of those who are under it, but for his own private separate advantage. When the governor, however intitled, makes not the law, but his will, the rule; and his commands and actions are not directed to the preservation of the properties of his people, but the satisfaction of his own ambition, revenge, covetousness, or any other irregular passion.
John Locke
No man in civil society can be exempted from the laws of it: for if any man may do what he thinks fit, and there be no appeal on earth, for redress or security against any harm he shall do; I ask, whether he be not perfectly still in the state of nature, and so can be no part or member of that civil society; unless any one will say, the state of nature and civil society are one and the same thing, which I have never yet found any one so great a patron of anarchy as to affirm.
John Locke
When men have realized that time has upset many fighting faiths, they may come to believe... that the ultimate good desired is better reached by free trade in ideas-- that the best test of truth is the power of the thought to get itself accepted in the competition of the market, and that truth is the only ground upon which their wishes safely can be carried out. That at any rate is the theory of our Constitution. It is an experiment. As all life is an experiment. Every year if not every day we wager our salvation upon some prophecy based upon imperfect knowledge.
Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr.
a discussion about the miraculous quickly devolves to an argument about whether or not one is willing to consider any possibility whatsoever of the supernatural
Francis S. Collins
Love is the way. Love is the destination.Love is the happiness. Love is the source of all creation.
Debasish Mridha
See the light of beauty and love,See the magnificence of life,Enjoy the charm and mystery of creation,Enjoy the little beauty around you,Appreciate every little thing, every little love and the blue sky above you.
Debasish Mridha
Defining yourself in terms of how you rank is always dangerous and ultimately immature. It doesn't matter whether the rank has to do with your grades, your weight or where you finished in the 800 meter race. Becoming a mature adult means, among other things, that you define yourself relative to your own potential, not relative somebody else's standard.
Leonard Sax
To underestimate oneself is as much an exaggeration of one's powers than the other.
Arthur Conan Doyle
To be around someone whose self-confidence is more than what our first glance led us to expect is seductive.
Abraham Verghese
People who are contented and serene sleep well. They fall asleep easily, stay asleep, and wake refreshed. Conversely, people who are anxious, stressed, or depressed do not sleep well, and chronic insomnia is strongly associated with mood disorders. These are clear correlations, but what is cause and what is effect is not clear. Most experts agree that sleep and mood are closely related, that healthy sleep can enhance emotional well-being, while insufficient quantity or quality of sleep can adversely affect it.
Andrew Weil
Deep Sleep is good for weight loss: Sleep increases glucose metabolism and is linked to better blood sugar control, boosts secretion of growth hormone, which— along with cortisol— regulates belly fat; activates cellular repair and mends injury;
normalizes cortisol levels during the day and improves memory.
Sara Gottfried
In my room I'd barely closed my eyes when the blonde from the movie house came along and sang her whole song of sorrow just for me. I helped her put me to sleep, so to speak, and succeeded pretty well... I wasn't entirely alone... It's not possible to sleep alone...
Louis-Ferdinand Céline
Shabelsky: O mind of genius, you think up things for everyone and teach everyone, but why not for once teach me... Teach me, great brain, show me the way out...
Anton Chekhov
Teaching is the best way to learn.
Debasish Mridha
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Abraham Verghese
I would not bring one shadow on his life, and this I know would break his noble heart.
Arthur Conan Doyle
I don't have a life of my own. I've put myself and my life at the service of the people. If necessity dictates I run, I run.. go to jail, I go to jail.. die, I die.My private aspirations are exactly the general aspirations of the people.
Yusuf Idris