“Words Create Worlds.” Attributed to many

“Don’t explain your philosophy, embody it.” Epictetus

“One touch of nature makes the whole world kin.” William Shakespeare

"In the depth of winter I finally learned that there was in me an invincible summer." Albert Camus, philosopher and author

“The brain is like Velcro for negative experiences, but Teflon for positive ones.” Rick Hanson, PhD

“Know When to Say When.”  Anheuser-Busch advertising campaign

“If you cannot feed a hundred people, feed one.” Mother Teresa

“I’m not saying we should be grateful for everything. I’m saying we can be grateful in every given moment for the opportunity of that moment.”  Brother David Steindl-Rast

“Let everything happen to you: beauty and terror.  Just keep going.  No feeling is final.”  Rainer Maria Rilke

“Not valuing time with other physicians or allowing for informal conversations leads to a soulless efficiency and professional isolation.”   John Frey, MD

“Saying someone shouldn’t feel sad because someone else may have it worse is like saying someone can't be happy because someone else may have it better.” Unknown

“He who has a why to live for can bear almost any how.” Friedrich Nietzsche

“Your loss is not a test, a lesson, something to handle, a gift, or a blessing. Loss is simply what happens to you in life. Meaning is what you make happen.” David Kessler

“Each of us wants to know that what we do matters …. and that we matter.” Gary Chapman, PhD and Paul White, PhD

“Physician, heal thyself.” Luke 4:23 in the Bible

“For everything there is a season …” Ecclesiastes

“You know what everybody needs? … Everybody needs to be understood.” Sherwin Nuland, MD, surgeon, author, bioethicist

“I can't do this all on my own. No, I know, I'm no Superman.”  Lazlo Bane (“Scrubs” theme song)

“We are all dependent on one another, every soul of us on earth.”   George Bernard Shaw

“We are never more fully alive, more completely ourselves, or more deeply engrossed in anything than when we are playing.”   Charles Schaefer, PhD