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“Sickness may be the solemn occasion of God's intervention in a person's life.”

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Paul Tournier, born on May 12, 1898 and died on October 7, 1986, was a renowned Swiss physician and psychologist. He is known for his profound psychological insights and philosophical reflections on human existence. more

“What happens then is like what happens when we separate a jigsaw puzzle into its fuve hundred pieces: The over-all picture disappears. This is the state of modern medicine: It has lost the sense of the unity of man. Such is the price it has paid for its scientific progress. It has sacrificed art to science.”

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Book:The Healing of Persons

Source: The Healing of Persons

“The education of the doctor which goes on after he has his degree is, after all, the most important part of his education.”

Important Goes On Degrees Doctors Medical

Author:John Shaw Billings

“The art of medicine cannot be inherited, nor can it be copied from books”

Art Book Medicine Medical

Book:Selected Writings

Source: Selected Writings

“I become faint and nauseous during even very minor medical procedures, such as making an appointment by phone.”

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Book:I'll Mature When I'm Dead: Dave Barry's Amazing Tales of Adulthood

Source: I'll Mature When I'm Dead: Dave Barry's Amazing Tales of Adulthood

“Is there a medical rule that requires doctors-office personnel to treat you as though you have the IQ of a Cheeto?”

Office Doctors Treats Medicine Medical Personnel

Author:Dave Barry

“The scrub sink...is the place where doctors wash their hands after they operate so that they won't get flecks of your vital organs on their Lexus upholstery.”

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Book:Dave Barry Is from Mars and Venus

Source: Dave Barry Is from Mars and Venus

“The network is the computer.”

Internet Computer

Author:John Gage

“And the elephant sings deep in the forest-maze About a star of deathless and painless peace But no astronomer can find where it is.”

Stars Forests Elephants Mazes Astronomers Deathless Painless

Author:Ted Hughes

“Overall, the work of rebuilding and transforming government for the digital age is only just beginning. Governments remain organized according to political and bureaucratic imperatives, not according to what makes the most sense to citizens.”

Government Age Political Politics Internet Citizens Organized Digital Imperatives Transforming Rebuilding Digital Age

Author:Andrew Leigh

“The Web is trivially simple - massively successful and its like Karaoke - anybody can do it.”

Politics Can Do Simple Successful Internet Karaoke

Author:Ted Nelson

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