Not only our actions, but also our omissions, become our destiny.
ABRAHAM VERGHESENot only our actions, but also our omissions, become our destiny.
More Abraham Verghese Quotes
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We must believe that ministering to others will heal our woundedness. And it can. but it can also deepen the wound.
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It is the task of a lifetime. We’ll leave much unfinished for the next generation.
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I 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.
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Pray tell us, what’s your favorite number?”… “Shiva jumped up to the board, uninvited, and wrote 10,213,223″… “
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When we cannot cure or save a life, our patients can at least feel cared for. It should be a basic human right.
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In writing, as in medicine, there are no short cuts. You need stamina.
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My sense is that the wonderful technology that we have to visualize the inside of the body often leaves physicians feeling that the exam is a waste of time and so they may shortchange the ritual.
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And then by the end of the third year they completely lose that ability, partly because we teach them the specialized language of medicine.
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We are all fixing what is broken. It is the task of a lifetime. We’ll leave much unfinished for the next generation.
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How we treat the least of our brethren,… that’s the measure of this country.
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As she bent over the child she realized that the tragedy of death had to do entirely with what was left unfulfilled.
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I’m a great believer in geography being destiny.
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I had an uncle who, looking back, was probably not the most-educated physician around but he carried it off so well.
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My intent wasn’t to save the world as much as to heal myself. Few doctors will admit this, certainly not young ones, but subconsciously, in entering the profession
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Now, as to the problem of how much health care costs and how we reform health care … it is another story altogether.
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