My experience has confirmed the wisdom of so much of what the Bible teaches.

There is a tendency of people to try to make you believe only a few people are smart. As a brain surgeon, I know better than that.

As a pediatric neurosurgeon, I frequently faced life and death situations, and had to come up with the right diagnosis, the right plan, and execute that plan frequently with other colleagues.

It does not matter where we come from or what we look like. If we recognize our abilities, are willing to learn and to use what we know in helping others, we will always have a place in the world.

A good surgeon doesn't just concentrate on technical ability, but also on the appropriateness of what you're doing.

Uninformed people can be easily manipulated.

Obamacare is really I think the worst thing that has happened in this nation since slavery.

God has given to every one of us more than fourteen billion cells and connections in our brain. Now why would God give us such a complex organ system unless He expects us to use it?

Our schools too often want to shut people up so they can't talk about real solutions. People who think differently tend to clam up because they think something is wrong with their ideas.

Everyone in the world worth being nice to. Because God never creates inferior human beings, each person deserves respect and dignity.

Education does not necessarily make one wise?

God created every heart, every person for relationship.

Your battles inspired me - not the obvious material battles but those that were fought and won behind your forehead.

Children say that people are hung sometimes for speaking the truth.

The search for an equilibrium is essential for the artist, to be as aware of inner space as he is of outer space.

I trust you because I need you.

Let us learn from Christ how to pray, to forgive, to sow peace, and to be near those in need.

There are other ways I think of myself as spoiling myself ... I ... get a massage once a week. Other people can, I didn't used to, and I can now.

The happiest moment of my life happens once a day.

Losing my parents really set me adrift in more ways than one. It's not just losing them. It's losing the possibility of family.