Common sense in matters medical is rare, and is usually in inverse ratio to the degree of education.
The trained nurse has become one of the great blessings of humanity, taking a place beside the physician and the priest, and not inferior to either in her mission.
When schemes are laid in advance, it is surprising how often the circumstances fit in with them.
Marcus Aurelius·180 ADRemember that man lives only in the present, in this fleeting instant; all the rest of his life is either past and gone, or not yet revealed. Short, therefore, is man's life, and narrow is the corner of the earth wherein he dwells.
Thomas à KempisWhat doth care about future events bring thee, save sorrow upon sorrow? Sufficient for the day is the evil thereof. It is vain and useless to be disturbed or lifted up about future things which perhaps will never come.
Thich Nhat Hanh·2006The present moment contains past and future. The secret of transformation, is in the way we handle this very moment.
