The process of learning huge volumes of information about disease, of learning a specialised language, can ironically make one lose sight of the patient one came to serve;.
ABRAHAM VERGHESEThe process of learning huge volumes of information about disease, of learning a specialised language, can ironically make one lose sight of the patient one came to serve;.
ABRAHAM VERGHESEPray tell us, what’s your favorite number?
ABRAHAM VERGHESEWhen a man is a mystery to himself you can hardly call him mysterious.
ABRAHAM VERGHESEIf you keep saying your slippers aren’t yours, then you’ll die searching, you’ll die bitter, always feeling you were promised more.
ABRAHAM VERGHESEI think we can see how blessed we are in America to have access to the kind of health care we do if we are insured, and even if uninsured, how there is a safety net.
ABRAHAM VERGHESEIgnorance was just as dynamic as knowledge, and it grew in the same proportion.
ABRAHAM VERGHESEAccording to Shiva, life is in the end about fixing holes. Shiva didn’t speak in metaphors. fixing holes is precisely what he did.
ABRAHAM VERGHESEI believe in black holes. I believe that as the universe empties into nothingness, past and future will smack together in the last swirl around the drain.
ABRAHAM VERGHESERituals, anthropologists will tell us, are about transformation.
ABRAHAM VERGHESEYour job is to preserve yourself, not to descend into their hole. It’s a relief when you arrive at this place, the point of absurdity, because then you are free, you owe them nothing.
ABRAHAM VERGHESEWhat we are fighting isn’t godlessness–this is the most godly country on earth.
ABRAHAM VERGHESENot only our actions, but also our omissions, become our destiny.
ABRAHAM VERGHESEEmpathy can be replaced by cynicism.
ABRAHAM VERGHESEThough I am fascinated by knowledge, I am even more fascinated by wisdom.
ABRAHAM VERGHESEBy visiting patients in their home, by helping them come to terms with their illness, I could heal when I could not cure.
ABRAHAM VERGHESEI joke, but I only half joke, that if you come to one of our hospitals missing a limb, no one will believe you till they get a CAT scan, MRI, or orthopedic consult.
ABRAHAM VERGHESE