“As doctors, we are not trained to communicate and understand the power of our words as they relate to a patient’s ability and desire to survive.”

Doctors are busy playing God when so few of us have the qualifications. And besides, the job is taken.

Thoughts are chemical. They can either kill us or cure us.

If you love people, you’ll enjoy your life. If you don’t, you won’t love anything you do.

If a person can turn from predicting illness to anticipating recovery, the foundation for cure is laid.

True inspiration overrides all fears. When you are inspired, you enter a trance state and can accomplish things that you may never have felt capable of doing.

Unconditional love is the most powerful stimulant to the immune system.

The order of the words varies, but beer and ice are always two of the top four staples for sale. If we were all taking care of ourselves, wouldn’t the convenience stores compete for our dollars with signs that read “Fruit, Vegetables, Bread, Milk”?

Information doesn’t mean a thing to people without inspiration.

Relationships keep us alive and our lives meaningful.

God wants us to know that life is a series of beginnings not endings. Just as graduations are not terminations but commencements. Creation is an ongoing process and when we create a perfect world where love and compassion are shared by all suffering will cease.

What thoughts are so important that it is worth holding on to them even when they make you miserable? Why are you holding on?

If none of your role models provide the answer, then it is time to go within and ask yourself, “What would make me happy?” In other words, let your feelings guide you. This doesn’t work well if you focus narrowly on your personal needs.

And that material things are to make the world a better place” and the latter came from my father because his father died of tuberculosis when he was twelve. They had no insurance, six kids and a hell of a time surviving.

The fundamental problem most patients have is an inability to love themselves, having been unloved by others during some crucial part of their lives.

The irony is that it is actually in your best interest to be selfless. The things you do for the benefit of others not only make you feel fulfilled, they increase your chances of living a long and happy life.

When you can’t change your life any other way, you can still change your attitude. When you do, your life changes. You find more chances to love, and you will be surprised to see how much more love is returned to you.

To me the analogy [to climate change] is… doctors worry a lot about cholesterol. And if you go to the doctor, and the doctor says “oh, your life would be happier if you ate a different diet and exercised” people pay no attention.

I have three older brothers, and each one of them has chosen one of my parents’ education. Two of them are actors, and the third is a doctor as my mother is.

Yes. I’m a doctor, an epidemiologist, and lots of my professional colleagues flip back and forth between industry and medical roles. I know them; they are not bad people. But it is possible for good people in bad systems to do things that inflict enormous harm.

I’ve never been front and centre as an iconic American character [like in Doctor Strange]. Day to day, you know you’re painting on a very big canvas.

The doctor that acts out of love doesn’t burn out. He or she may get tired physically, but not emotionally.

I’m a football coach. I’m not a doctor … They don’t call plays, I don’t do surgeries. We have a great deal here.

I know patients who bring a dozen roses to the doctor’s office. And, boy, the next visit, nobody forgets that. You come in and hey – ‘Here’s the lady who brought the roses’ vs. ‘Here’s the lung cancer.’

Even though Doctor Strange is an established character, when you’re doing an origin story there’s a lot of room for manoeuvre.