“If, however, one factor is too successful, it will continue to be the winning factor regardless of the variation in the other factors over the range of variation in the conditions, and therefore will stifle the development of other advantageous factors until the conditions change sufficiently that it no longer is the winning factor. At this point, the whole population is ill prepared for the change, and may well perish entirely if the winning factor accidentally becomes the matching factor for a disease or a predator.” IfsWellsMayWholeWinningSuccessfulConditionsDevelopmentDiseasePreparedIllPopulationFactorsRangeVariationPredatorMatching Author:Erik Naggum
“Disease is surely one of the ways in which we are tried by life and offered the chance to be heroic. Though few of us will win Olympic gold medals or slay dragons, disease can be the spark or gift that allows many of us to live out our personal myths and become heroes.” WayWinningChanceHeroDiseaseGoldMythDragonsSparksHeroicMedalGold Medals Author:Bernie Siegel
“There's no way in which you can ever win a war against terror. As long as there are conditions in many parts of the world that make people desperate: poverty, disease, ignorance, etc. I hope that we will discover soon, that we can survive, only together. We can prosper only together. And I think people are beginning to realize this, that you can't have pockets of prosperity in one part of the world and huge deserts of poverty and deprivation and think you can have a stable, secure world.” PeopleThinkingWorldWayLongWarTogetherWinningRealizingPovertyConditionsIgnoranceHugeDiseaseTerrorProsperitySecureDesertDesperateEtcPocketsStableDeprivationTogether We Can Author:Desmond Tutu
“It's remarkable she [Venus Williams] plays at all, given her Sjögren's syndrome [an autoimmune disorder that can cause joint pain]. She's back, winning tournaments. She didn't allow society to tell her, "You have this disease; you can't do that anymore." I look at her, like, "She's not playing at 100 percent. You are. You don't have excuses." Knowing what she went through helped me try to be a more positive person.” TryingLooksPersonsPlayPainWinningGivenCausesKnowingDiseasePercentExcuseRemarkableDisorderJointsTournamentsSyndromesVenusPositive Person Author:Serena Williams
“These are the three main diseases of this country, sir: typhoid, cholera, and election fever. This last one is the worst; it makes people talk and talk about things that they have no say in ... Would they do it this time? Would they beat the Great Socialist and win the elections? Had they raised enough money of their own, and bribed enough policemen, and bought enough fingerprints of their own, to win? Like eunuchs discussing the Kama Sutra, the voters discuss the elections in Laxmangarh.” PeopleCountryEnoughLastsThreeWinningWorstDiseaseBeatsElectionRaisedVotersSocialistPolicemenFeverDiscussingFingerprintsCholeraEunuchsTyphoid Book:The White Tiger: A Novel Source: The White Tiger: A Novel
“You treat a disease, you win, you lose. You treat a person, I guarantee you, you'll win, no matter what the outcome.” LifePersonsMatterPhilosophyWinningLosesWonderfulDiseaseTreatsNo Matter WhatOutcomesGuaranteesNursingInspirational NurseInspirational NursingInspiring NursingGreat Nursing Author:Robin Williams