We have had a rewarding relationship, the belly and I.

To become comfortable with uncertainty is one of the primary goals in the training of a physician.

I have not often seen much dignity in the process by which we die.

For aging is an art. The years between its first intimations and the time of the ultimate letting go of all earthly things can-if the readiness and resolve are there-be the real harvest of our lives.

There is, to be sure, sometimes only a small difference between being alert to possible danger and allowing oneself to become terrified to the point of paralysis by seeming or imagined portents.

Empires fall, ids explode, great symphonies are written, and behind all of it is a single instinct that demands satisfaction.

If we cannot heal in one way, we must learn to heal in another.

The dignity we seek in dying is not to be found in our final weeks, days or moments but in the way we live and how we are seen by those people whose lives we affect.

The life sciences contain spiritual values which can never be explained by the materialistic attitude of present day science

Death is the surcease that comes when the exhausting battle has been lost.

Moths and flames, mankind and death--there is little difference.

to understand pretending, " Ombric was fond of saying, "is to conquer all barriers of time and space.

Briefer is better, so learn to write tight

I love Hugh Jackman. Love Hugh Jackman. He's the coolest. He's one of the coolest actors I've ever worked with, and I'll do anything with him.

There is more religion in men's science, than there is science in their religion.

If we're not careful we spiritualize laziness.

I'm a Bhakti, meaning I practice devotional yoga and the heart and love, so I say to people, start with your ego and go down to your heart.

Well, I think that there's a very thin dividing line between success and failure.

People don't want you to be yourself, they just want you to be the person that they've decided you should be.

Whatever we believe about ourselves and our ability comes true for us.

We cannot tire or give up. We owe it to the present and future generations of all species to rise up and walk!