Quote by W.H. Auden

“Healing,” Papa would tell me, “is not a science, but the intuitive art of wooing nature.” – W.H. Auden

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Proper names are poetry in the raw. Like all poetry they are untranslatable. – W.H. Auden

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It is a sad fact about our culture that a poet can earn much more money writing or talking about his art than he can by practicing it. – W.H. Auden

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In our busy 21st century life the one commodity that seems to be going extinct is time and we forget that healing takes time. – Dr.Frank Lipman

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I enjoy convalescence. It is the part that makes the illness worth while. – George Bernard Shaw

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Much of your pain is self-chosen. It is the bitter potion by which the physician within you heals your sick self. – Kahlil Gibran, The Prophet, 1923

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Our Creator has given us five senses to help us survive threats from the external world, and a sixth sense, our healing system, to help us survive internal threats. – Bernie Siegel

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