#Medicine

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

"You cannot separate passion from pathology any more than you can separate a person's spirit from his body."

"Is there a drug that will illuminate the mind and eliminate all the drugs the modern medical system will try to convince you that you need to take?"

"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."

"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."

"If not for the success that medicine has made, I might be part of a much different story right now."

"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."

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

"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."

"Flowers always make people better, happier, and more helpful; they are sunshine, food and medicine to the mind."

"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."

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

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

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

"It is very expensive to give bad medical care to poor people in a rich country."

"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."

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

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

"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."

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