February 2011
60 posts
January 2011
238 posts
It is not our part to master all the tides of the world, but to do what is in us...
– Gandalf in The Return of the King (via subatomicdoc)
The cause of America is in a great measure the cause of all mankind. Many...
– Happy belated birthday to Thomas Paine. (via ilyagerner)
Psychological death is worse than physical death.
– An Egyptian Protester in response to questioning why they are risking their lives. (via disobey)
When we honestly ask ourselves which person in our lives mean the most to us, we...
– Henri J.M. Nouwen (via kari-shma)
No one is born hating another person because of the color of his skin, or his...
– Nelson Mandela (via loveyourchaos)
The fear of death follows from the fear of life. A man who lives fully is...
– Mark Twain (via quote-book)
Too often, we fail to consider the ways in which our surroundings constrain our...
– The importance of vacation, Jonah Lehrer. (via somethingchanged)
When you treat people like idiots, they will often meet your expectations. But...
– Linda Kaplan Thaler and Robin Koval in The Power of Nice
Redemption →
Even in the act of standing against evil, a Buddha would recognize an evil-doer for what he truly is: a profoundly misguided child.
via Alex Lickerman, M.D.
Life comes with no guarantees, no time outs, no second chances, you just to live...
– (via itookadeepbreath, poeticheartache) (via toinspireyou)
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I think that the more freely information flows, the stronger the society...
– Barack Obama (via hughstephens)
You must not lose faith in humanity. Humanity is an ocean; if a few drops of the...
– Mohandas K. Gandhi (via ofinfiniteworth)
No Words Left Unsaid: "Tough love" →
Most things truly worthwhile require persistence, and it’s painful to both teach and learn.
nowordsleftunsaid:
This article resonates with me in some way.
There were times in my life where I simply loathed my parents for relentlessly pushing me to complete my ARCT Piano Teacher Diploma, which took me exactly 3 consecutive summers scheduled with countless hours of private lessons, piano...
My journey is my journey, how can you comprehend that what becomes the truth for...
– Yanis Bayada (via bodymindandsoul)
The iPad in the Hospital and Operating Room →
Next stop: radiation oncology. I want to design apps for that.
In our life there is a single color, as on an artist’s palette, which provides...
– Marc Chagall (via vaiya)
ifoundareason-deactivated201110 asked: Loved the quote about the care of the patient. Just yesterday I was talking with a nurse about the same thing, because I'm reading a book that also talks about this issue. Thank you :)
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The Care of the Patient
In all your patients whose symptoms are of functional origin, the whole problem of diagnosis and treatment depends on your insight into the patient’s character and personal life, and in every case of organic disease there are complex interactions between the pathologic processes and the intellectual processes which you much appreciate and consider if you would be a wise...
Everybody has a secret world inside of them. All of the people of the world, I...
– Neil Gaiman (via julieyumi)
To accomplish great things, we must dream as well as act.
– Anatole France (via julieyumi)
Cell - Select: The Many Faces of Cancer →
Good piece. Molecular biology is helping us realize solid cancers can be treated differently because they are identifiably different diseases.
sciencenote:
what an intresting article !!
We build too many walls and not enough bridges.
– Sir Isaac Newton (via njoi)