I hated high school. I didn't have any friends because I didn't fit in.
The neurotic's strongest fantasy is that he has no fantasies. The real is very real to him, the unreal even more so.
A successful marriage requires falling in love many times, always with the same person.
When threatened, the first thing a democracy gives up is democracy.
We choose those we like; with those we love, we have no say in the matter.
True remorse is never just a regret over consequences; it is a regret over motive.
The head never rules the heart, but just becomes its partner in crime.
A very close friend of mine keeps reminding me that since about the age of 50, I've been saying, 'I'm finished. I haven't got another one in me. ' But somehow you do.
As much as we teach our kids, the process teaches us. If we're being diligent, we're learning from our strengths as parents, but also from the mistakes that we make.
The practice of medicine is an art, not a trade; a calling, not a business; a calling in which your heart will be exercised equally with your head.
With my eyes turned to the past, I walk backwards into the future.