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~ For there was never yet philosopher that could endure the toothache patiently ~ ~ He could not forget the touch of her arms around his neck, impatiently felt as it had been at the time; but now the recollection of her clinging defence of him, seemed to thrill him through and through,--to melt away every resolution, all power of self-control, as if it were wax before a fire ~ ~ A disquieting era of genetic manipulation is coming, one that may revolutionize human capacities, and notions of health. If we treat moral scruples impatiently, as inherently retrograde in a scientifically advancing civilization, we will not be in moral trim when, soon, our very humanity depends on our being in trim. ~ ~ The art of medicine consists of amusing the patient while nature cures the disease. ~ ~ The good physician treats the disease; the great physician treats the patient who has the disease ~ ~ Care more for the individual patient than for the special features of the disease. . . . Put yourself in his place . . . The kindly word, the cheerful greeting, the sympathetic look -- these the patient understands. ~ ~ He who studies medicine without books sails an uncharted sea, but he who studies medicine without patients does not go to sea at all. ~ ~ The art of medicine consists in amusing the patient while nature cures the disease. ~ ~ A gentleman is simply a patient wolf. ~ ~ I am patient with stupidity but not with those who are proud of it. ~ ~ There are minds so impatient of inferiority, that their gratitude is a species of revenge, and they return benefits, not because recompense is a pleasure, but because obligation is a pain. ~ ~ If I have ever made any valuable discoveries, it has been owing more to patient attention, than to any other talent. ~ ~ Love is a temporary insanity curable by marriage or by removal of the patient from the influences under which he incurred the disorder. ~ ~ "By the very act of arguing, you awake the patient's reason; and once it is awake, who can foresee the result?" ~ ~ Vertigo, it was thought at the time, could only be caused by a disease of the cerebellum. He observed this kind of patient for years and saw absolutely no symptoms of brain disease. ~ ~ The doubt of an earnest, thoughtful, patient and laborious mind is worthy of respect. In such doubt may be found indeed more faith than in half the creeds. ~ ~ If you are patient in one moment of anger, you will escape a hundred days of sorrow. ~ ~ Even top caliber hospitals cannot escape medical mistakes that sometimes result in irreparable damage to patients. ~ ~ Patient endurance attaineth to all things; who God possesseth in nothing is wanting; alone God sufficeth. ~ ~ Sorrow and silence are strong, and patient endurance is godlike. ~ ~ The sea does not reward those who are too anxious, too greedy, or too impatient. One should lie empty, open, choiceless as a beach - waiting for a gift from the sea. ~ ~ If I were a medical man, I should prescribe a holiday to any patient who considered his work important. ~ ~ One has to wait without impatience for what should come, and yet at the same time do everything within one's power as though one were impatient and as though one were solely responsible. ~ ~ People do not mind their faults being spread out before them, but they become impatient if called on to give them up. ~ ~ He who is not impatient is not in love. ~ ~ The sea does not reward those who are too anxious, too greedy, or too impatient. One should lie empty, open, choiceless as a beach - waiting for a gift from the sea. ~ ~ The impatient may not always be wrong on issues, but they are almost always wrong in their attitudes. ~ ~ A man does not mind being blamed for his faults, and being punished for them, and he patiently suffers much for them; but he becomes impatient if he is required to give them up. ~ ~ Do not be impatient for impatience is of the flesh. Do not try different methods because they are useful solely in helping the flesh. We must distrust the flesh entirely. ~ ~ Too often we think of being tempted as being enticed to do big things like stealing, murdering or committing adultery. But most often we're tempted to be impatient, stingy, jealous, greedy or any number of other things that we consider lesser sins. ~ |
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