Curious patients are more receptive to new ideas, and those who engage their health practitioners in a dialogue are much more likely to adhere to these recommendations.

Stress is not so much what you do, but how you react to what you do.

When I talk about forgiveness, I mean letting go, not excusing the other person or reconciling with them or condoning the behavior. Just letting go of your own suffering.

Love and intimacy are at the root of what makes us sick and what makes us well...I am not aware of any other factor in medicine-not diet, not smoking, not exercise-that has a greater impact.

The need for love and intimacy is a fundamental human need, as primal as the need for food, water, and air.

Real power is not given to us or even created; real power is realized. It comes from realizing an inner sense of peace, self-worth, and happiness.

Joy of living is sustainable; fear of dying is not.

The healing power of love and relationships has been documented in an increasing number of well-designed scientific studies involving hundreds of thousands of people throughout the world.

An educated patient is empowered; thus, more likely to become healthy.

People don't dislike change, they dislike being changed.

Even more than feeling healthy, most people want to feel free and in control.

As we expand our knowledge of good books, we shrink the circle of men whose company we appreciate.

A life dedicated to serving others is the life we should all aspire to live.

You can't sail towards your future if you're still anchored in the past.

It was a crying shame!

Stephen Hunt's goals are priceless... that's why he's worth £ 4 million

Once you have lived with another, it is a great torture to have to live alone.

Shakespeare has way too many lines. My ideal theatre piece is about 40 minutes long with no interval.

I passionately believe in heroes, but I think the world has changed its criteria in determining who it describes as a hero.

I write to figure out what I am thinking: What does my life mean?

It's this upside-down world that we live in where we afford political correctness to the most intolerant group of individuals on the planet.