There is no curing a sick man who believes himself to be in health. – Henri Amiel
To me the ideal doctor would be a man endowed with profound knowledge of life and of the soul, intuitively divining any suffering or disorder of whatever kind, and restoring peace by his mere presence. – Henri Amiel
Dreams are excursions into the limbo of things, a semi-deliverance from the human prison. – Henri Amiel
To know how to grow old is the master-work of wisdom, and one of the most difficult chapters in the great art of living. – Henri Amiel
Just the actual physical ability to hold four instruments simultaneously and do some of the things that Vivien was able to do is mind blowing to any surgeon. He never went to medical school and he became one of the great teachers of medicine himself, people are just amazed. – Mary Stuart Masterson