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Though I am fascinated by knowledge, I am even more fascinated by wisdom.

Abraham Verghese

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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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I grew up and I found my purpose and it was to become a physician.
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No blade can puncture the human heart like the well-chosen words of a spiteful son.
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I have been the apprentice, paid my dues, and have just become master of my ship. But when I look down, why do I see the ancient, tarred, mud-stained slippers that I buried at the start of the journey still stuck to my feet?
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It was all I had, all I’ve ever had, the only currency, the only proof that I was alive. Memory.
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The only way to know where you are is by where you have just been.
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You live it forward, but understand it backward.
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When I use the word ‘healing’, by that I mean that every disease has a physical element that we’re very good at handling, but there’s always a sense of the violation. ‘Why me?’ ‘
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What we need in medical schools is not to teach empathy, as much as to preserve it.
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Don’t Let Him Know is a rich, evocative and brilliantly told tale of family, of loyalties, and of love that must stay secret.
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Ignorance was just as dynamic as knowledge, and it grew in the same proportion.
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Be careful! Travel expands the mind and loosens the bowels.
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I 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.
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I was taking care of people my age who were dying. The constant feeling, hearing from them, was that life is transient and can end very quickly, so don’t postpone your dreams.
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Though I am fascinated by knowledge, I am even more fascinated by wisdom.
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Tell us please, what treatment in an emergency is administered by ear?”….I met his gaze and I did not blink. “Words of comfort,” I said to my father.
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