“Ever at Thy glowing altar Must my heart grow sick and falter, Wishing He I served were black.” HeartWishGrowsBlackMy HeartSickAltarsGlowing Author:Countee Cullen
“I am sick of this way of life. The weariness and sadness of old age make it intolerable. I have walked with death in hand, and death's own hand is warmer than my own. I don't wish to live any longer.” WayHandsAgeWishMy OwnSadnessAtheismSickOld AgeWeariness Author:W. Somerset Maugham
“However capable and skillful an individual may be, left alone, he or she will not survive. When we are sick or very young or very old, we must depend on the support of others. There is no significant division between us and other people, because our basic natures are the same. If we wish to ensure everyone's peace and happiness, we need to cultivate a healthy respect for the diversity of our peoples and cultures, founded on an understanding of this fundamental sameness of all human beings.” PeopleIfsNeedsHumansMayYoungCultureIndividualLeftWishUnderstandingHuman BeingsSupportDependsHealthyDiversityCapableSickFundamentalsSignificantDivisionLeft AloneSkillfulPeace And HappinessSameness Author:Dalai Lama
“A sick man, surrounded by those who love him, nursed by those who wish earnestly that he should live, will recover (all other things being equal), when another patient tended by hirelings will die. Doctors decline to see unconscious magnestism in this phenomenon; for them it is the result of intelligent nursing, of exact obedience to their orders; but many a mother knows the virtue of such ardent projections of strong, unceasing prayer.” KnowsMenShouldMotherOrderDiesStrongWishPrayerResultsVirtueHealthEqualDoctorsSickIntelligentPatientObedienceUnconsciousPhenomenonDeclineProjectionNursingArdentBeing EqualSick Man Author:Honore de Balzac