The good physician treats the disease; the great physician treats the patient who has the disease

The natural man has only two primal passions, to get and to beget

We are here to add what we can to life, not to get what we can from life

The greater the ignorance the greater the dogmatism

The future is today

Nothing in life is more wonderful than faith the one great moving force which we can neither weigh in the balance nor test in the crucible

Courage and cheerfulness will not only carry you over the rough places in life, but will enable you to bring comfort and help to the weak-hearted and will console you in the sad hours

The desire to take medicine is perhaps the greatest feature which distinguishes man from animals

Study until 25, investigate until 40, profession until 60, at which age I would have him retired on a double allowance

By far the most dangerous foe we have to fight is apathy - indifference from whatever cause, not from a lack of knowledge, but from carelessness, from absorption in other pursuits, from a contempt bred of self satisfaction