Man is fallible, but maybe men are less so.

Better is possible. It does not take genius. It takes diligence. It takes moral clarity. It takes ingenuity. And above all, it takes a willingness to try.

Our reluctance to honestly examine the experience of aging and dying has increased the harm we inflict on people and denied them the basic comforts they most need.

No matter what measures are taken, doctors will sometimes falter, and it isn't reasonable to ask that we achieve perfection. What is reasonable is to ask that we never cease to aim for it.

You may not control life's circumstances, but getting to be the author of your life means getting to control what you do with them.

You can't make a recipe for something as complicated as surgery. Instead, you can make a recipe for how to have a team that's prepared for the unexpected.

Arriving at an acceptance of one's mortality is a process, not an epiphany.

Courage is strength in the face of knowledge of what is to be feared or hoped. Wisdom is prudent strength.

Coaching done well may be the most effective intervention designed for human performance.

Life is choices, and they are relentless. No sooner have you made one choice than another is upon you.

This is the reality of intensive care: at any point, we are as apt to harm as we are to heal.

Philosophy begins in wonder. And at the end when philosophic thought has done its best the wonder remains.

Please don't feel shame. It's the devil's sword.

In the '50s, too many women, even though they were very smart, they tried to make the man feel that he was brainier. It was a sad thing.

He that riseth late, must trot all day, and shall scarce overtake his business at night.

The visual is essentially pornographic, which is to say that it has its end in rapt, mindless fascination.

That studies have shown that more people are getting up earlier, they're getting their news earlier. They're getting less sleep, getting up at earlier hours.

When fortune flatters, she does it to betray.

Never trust a second thought. Where there is two there is three. You will end up thinking forever.

Your life on the Outside reflects your life on the Inside

I wanted to write about what we were doing at the French Laundry, the recipes and the stories.