#Medicine

"After you find out all the things that can go wrong, your life becomes less about living and more about waiting."

"The physician must be able to tell the antecedents, know the present, and foretell the future — must mediate these things, and have two special objects in view with regard to disease, namely, to do good or to do no harm."

"It’s true that laughter really is cheap medicine. It’s a prescription anyone can afford. And best of all, you can fill it right now."

"There is no medicine like hope, no incentive so great, and no tonic so powerful as expectation of something tomorrow."

"Time and time again, throughout the history of medical practice, what was once considered as "scientific"eventually becomes regarded as "bad practice"."

"I've been encouraging documentary filmmakers to use more and more humor, and they're loath to do that because they think if it's a documentary it has to be deadly serious - it has to be like medicine that you're supposed to take. And I think it's what keeps the mass audience from going to documentaries."

"Popular medicine and popular morality belong together and ought not to be evaluated so differently as they still are: both are the most dangerous pseudo-sciences."

"The art of medicine consists in amusing the patient while nature cures the disease."

"Medicine is a science of uncertainty and an art of probability."

"You are a placebo responder. Your body plays tricks on your mind. You cannot be trusted."

"Kindness and a generous spirit go a long way. And a sense of humor. It's like medicine - very healing."

"The spirit is one of the most neglected parts of man by doctors and scientists around the world. Yet, it is as vital to our health as the heart and mind. It's time for science to examine the many facets of the soul. The condition of our soul is usually the source of many sicknesses."

"As to diseases, make a habit of two things — to help, or at least, to do no harm."

"She handed him a glass of water and two Aleve gelcaps. “They’re anti-inflammatories. They will dull the pain a little bit and keep down swelling and redness. Swallow the pills, don’t chew.”“Well, I thought I’d stick them into my nose and impersonate a walrus, but if you insist, I’ll swallow them."

"Medicine is not only a science; it is also an art. It does not consist of compounding pills and plasters; it deals with the very processes of life, which must be understood before they may be guided."

"Be sceptical, ask questions, demand proof. Demand evidence. Don't take anything for granted. But here's the thing: When you get proof, you need to accept the proof. And we're not that good at doing that."

"The art of medicine was to be properly learned only from its practice and its exercise."

"To array a man's will against his sickness is the supreme art of medicine."

"In my opinion, our health care system has failed when a doctor fails to treat an illness that is treatable."

"Just like your body and lifestyle can be healthy or unhealthy, the same is true with your beliefs. Your beliefs can be your medicine or your poison."