Some patients, though conscious that their condition is perilous, recover their health simply through their contentment with the goodness of the physician.

Everything in excess is opposed to nature.

The greatest medicine of all is teaching people how not to need it

Illnesses do not come upon us out of the blue. They are developed from small daily sins against Nature. When enough sins have accumulated, illnesses will suddenly appear.

If someone wishes for good health, one must first ask oneself if he is ready to do away with the reasons for his illness. Only then is it possible to help him.

All disease starts in the gut.

Our food should be our medicine and our medicine should be our food.

It's far more important to know what person the disease has than what disease the person has.

If you are not your own doctor, you are a fool.

Make a habit of two things: to help; or at least to do no harm.

The physician treats, but nature heals.

An airport is a potent place, a point of reunions and departures. For the traveler, it's a crossroads at the moment of decision, a flashpoint that separates intention from retreat.

You can never be wise unless you love reading.

The mountain was in labour and Jove was afraid but it brought forth a mouse.

As society changes, as politics change, as people change, certain songs still seem to resonate.

Advice is always a confession.

Have not all poetic truths been already stated? The essence of a poetic truth is that no statement of it can be final.

Leadership is a two-way street, loyalty up and loyalty down. Respect for one's superiors; care for one's crew.

I learn a lot from every director that I work with. I sit on set and watch them, every one.

Oh, I am a lonely painter / I live in a box of paints.

I don't often see the movies I'm in; I'm usually disappointed in myself and it only serves to make me self-conscious.