"The Physician" Quotes

Medicine is learned by the bedside and not in the classroom. Let not your conceptions of disease come from words heard in the lecture room or read from the book. See, and then reason and compare and control. But see first.

Wise men are not pacifists; they are merely less likely to jump up and retaliate against their antagonizers. They know that needless antagonism is the first step toward conflict, and that a fight not engaged in has neither winner nor loser.

You must learn to know the human heart so well that you will be able to separate truth from falsehood even when the difference is so minute that the finest microscope could not detect it.

We all die. It is only a question of when and how. We must each decide what it is we want to do with our time here. How we want to be remembered.

The real test of a physician is how he or she handles a patient who will never get well.

Remember, lad, the only things that matter in this life are those you can carry with you—love in your heart and compassion in your soul.

The greatest wisdom is to realize one's own ignorance.

We are all flawed creatures, and we must be willing to look deeply into ourselves to recognize the flaws that exist within us.

A physician who only treats the body is not truly healing the patient. The mind and soul must also be cared for.

It is not enough to know the cure; one must also know the cause.