Not only do physically disabled people have experiences which are not available to the able-bodied, they are in a better position to transcend cultural mythologies about the body, because they cannot do things the able-bodied feel they must do in order to be happy, ‘normal,’ and sane….If disabled people were truly heard, an explosion of knowledge of the human body and psyche would take place.

This country cannot afford to be materially rich and spiritually poor.

No society can legitimately call itself civilised if a sick person is denied aid because of lack of means.

If you have to think about “affordability,” you can’t afford it because affordability carries conditions and consequences.

You can’t help the poor by becoming one of them.

Surrendering to fear and allowing ourselves to be paralyzed by peril isn't something most of us can afford to do.

You cannot get smart people to work extremely hard just for money.

And you cannot build a home for your worth inside of another being.

You cannot help people permanently by doing for them, what they could and should do for themselves.

Physical strength can never permanently withstand the impact of spiritual force.

I cannot consent to place in the control of others one who cannot control himself.

But if you try to avoid what you cannot control — sickness, poverty, death — you will inflict useless mental suffering upon yourself.

We cannot self-care our way out of a mentally unhealthy environment.

[] no man is ever free and probably could not bear it if he were...