"Remember, nothing that's good works by itself, just to please you. You have to make the damn thing work."

"If I find 10,000 ways something won't work, I haven't failed. I am not discouraged, because every wrong attempt discarded is another step forward."

"The doctor of the future will give no medicine, but will interest her or his patients in the care of the human frame, in a proper diet, and in the cause and prevention of disease."

"I never did a day's work in my life. It was all fun."

"Many of life's failures are those who didn't know how close they were to success when they gave up."

"A genius is just a talented person who does his homework."

"Prayer doesn't change things. It changes people and they change things."

"I was gratified to be able to answer promptly. I said, 'I don't know.'"

"The medium is the message."

"But what is happiness except the simple harmony between a man and the life he leads."

"Short sentences drawn from long experiences."

"Divine Love always has met and always will meet every human need."