... it is highly unlikely that a structural derangement could produce pain equal in severity to acute muscle spasm.

There's nothing like a little physical pain to keep your mind off your emotional problems.

A knowledgeable physical therapist can slowly build up patients' confidence by reassuring them that there is no structural problem and reminding them of the physiologic reason for the pain.

It is perfectly acceptable to have a physical problem in our culture, but people tend to shy away from anything that has to do with the emotions.

... surgery is a powerful placebo, perhaps the ultimate placebo. The effectiveness of a placebo is directly proportional to the impression it makes on the patient's subconscious mind.

Most doctors are uncomfortable with medical conditions that have a psychological basis.

It is my impression that 'pain-killing' drugs improve the patient's mood rather than take away the pain.

Acknowledging the important role of the emotions in health and illness, medicine must reexamine its concepts of disease causation.

In order to show your best skills and talents-you must share them, or no one will ever know they exist- Lorenzo Victory

Economy does not lie in sparing money, but in spending it wisely.

I've known for years that resentments don't hurt the person we resent, but they do hurt us.

The law of the survival of the fittest led inevitably to the survival and predominance of the men who were effective in war and who loved it because they were effective.

I always supported the women I worked with having time off to go to parent-teacher conferences and doctors' appointments or bringing their infants into the office.

Taste this, and be henceforth among the Gods thyself a Goddess.

As far as the search for truth is concerned, 98% of our thinking is rubbish. The remaining 2% is garbage. Throw it all out and be empty! Truth cannot be caught by intellect alone - grace is needed.

Democracy is a danger to any powerful group.

The lowest ebb is the turn of the tide. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow We are such stuff as dreams are made of.

I wish I could write a beautiful book to break those hearts that are soon to cease to exist: a book of faith and small neat worlds and of people who live by the philosophies of popular songs.