“A child born today in the United Kingdom stands a ten times greater chance of being admitted to a mental hospital than to a university ... This can be taken as an indication that we are driving our children mad more effectively than we are genuinely educating them. Perhaps it is our way of educating them that is driving them mad.” WayChildrenTodayBornChanceUnitedTakenGreaterTenOur ChildrenMadUniversityDrivingKingdomsHospitalsIndicationUnited Kingdom Author:R. D. Laing
“death ... so seldom happens nowadays in the awesome quiet of a familiar chamber. Most of us die violently, thanks to the advance of science and warfare. If by chance we are meant to end life in our beds, we are whisked like pox victims to the nearest hospital, where we are kept as alone and unaware as possible of the approach of disintegration.” IfsEndsHappensDiesChanceDyingBedQuietApproachVictimFamiliarThanksHospitalsWarfareChamberDisintegrationPox Author:M. F. K. Fisher
“Suffering can give us opportunities to witness. The world is a gigantic hospital; nowhere is there a greater chance to see the peace and joy of the Lord than when the journey though the valley is the darkest.” WorldGivingJoySufferingOpportunityChanceLordGreaterJourneyWitnessHospitalsValleysPeace And Joy Book:Death and the Life After Source: Death and the Life After
“Finally there was one open-minded surgeon in the great Pennsylvania General Hospital. He said, 'Let us give this young fellow a chance.' So they let him operate.” GivingSaidAgeYoungDarkChanceFellowsMedicalHospitalsDark AgesSurgeonsOpen MindedPennsylvaniaGeneral Hospital Author:Paul Douglas