Physical life is characterized by defensiveness, whereas spiritual life is just the opposite.

As a neurosurgeon, I did not believe in the phenomenon of near-death experiences.

Laughter and irony are at heart reminders that we are not prisoners in this world, but voyagers through it.

Our eternal spiritual self is more real than anything we perceive in this physical realm, and has a divine connection to the infinite love of the Creator.

There is no scientific explanation for the fact that while my body lay in coma, my mind - my conscious, inner self - was alive and well.

Love is, without a doubt, the basis of everything.

I grew up in a scientific world, the son of a neurosurgeon.

We can only see what our brain’s filter allows through.

We - each of us - are intricately, irremovably connected to the larger universe.

Our spirit is not dependent on the brain or body. It is eternal, and no one has one sentence worth of hard evidence that it isn’t.

A story-a true story-can heal as much as medicine can.

Part of me wants justice for this. Part of me wants to never cause harm to another.

Anyone who's lived has lost somebody.

I hope the average woman feels she needs practicality but with a little bit of fantasy. Otherwise it's just not fashion.

Elegance of language must give way before simplicity in preaching sound doctrine.

The true aim of medicine is not to make men virtuous; it is to safeguard and rescue them from the consequences of their vices. The physician does not preach repentance; he offers absolution.

To recognize negativism as a force of creation is to give up the creative standpoint altogether.

We go after unlawful activities.

Be realistic: always wish the impossible.

Michael Eisner let it be known last week that he had no intention of leaving the entertainment business once he steps down as CEO of Disney in October.

Silence, maiden; thy tongue outruns thy discretion.