The doctor should be opaque to his patients, and like a mirror, should show them nothing but what is shown to him.
Pay the farmer or pay the hospital.
In nothing do men more nearly approach the gods than in giving health to men.
The mark of a true doctor is usually illegible.
You need a good bedside manner with doctors or you will get nowhere.
Nurses dispense comfort, compassion, and caring without even a prescription.
He is the best physician who is the most ingenious inspirer of hope.
The good physician treats the disease, the great physician treats the patient who has the disease.
The dedicated doctor knows that he must be both scientist and humanitarian, his most agonizing decisions lie in the field of human relations.
A healthy outside starts from the inside
Only the healing art enables one to make a name for himself and at the same time give benefit to others.
The art of medicine consists in amusing the patient while nature cures the disease.
As physicians, we are invited into the most intimate chambers of our patients’ lives. We should acknowledge that unfettered trust with dignity, deference, and respect. For a physician, caring for patients is not only a duty; it is a privilege. Alleviating pain and restoring health for another human being can induce an exhilaration few others experience in their careers.
The best doctors in the world are Doctor Diet, Doctor Quiet, and Doctor Merryman.