The essence of Medicine is story-- finding the right story, understanding the true story, being unsatisfied with a story that does not make sense. He… - Victoria Sweet

...when you're on your pilgrimage, you don't even need to know where you're going. You just have to know when you're off your path.

Patients are not consumers, but sick, scared, vulnerable. Doctors and nurses are practicing a calling, a vocation, a craft and an art.

[Regarding the saying "the secret of caring for the patient is caring for the patient"] The way we talk about patient care in our society is almost the opposite of what's actually happening. It's almost like the less we care in any way for the patient the more people talk about the patient, the "consumer" of health care. What was actually meant by that saying was that caring meant doing little things for them; it's the little things that establish the relationship between you and the patient, not some abstract "love for your neighbor." It's doing something actual and physical for this neighbor.