Sherwin Nuland
Surgeon and writer on death and medicine, quoted 'The human race has always had to confront the problem of death.'
Quotes by Sherwin Nuland
Life is a precious gift, and we should cherish every moment.
The human body is a universe unto itself.
The art of healing lies in the art of listening.
We are all storytellers, and our bodies are the canvas.
The greatest wisdom comes from understanding our own mortality.
The human heart is a resilient organ, both physically and emotionally.
The pursuit of health is a journey, not a destination.
The physician's duty is to alleviate suffering, even when a cure is not possible.
Life is a precious and fleeting gift.
The human body is a complex and beautiful mystery.
The greatest dignity to be found in death is the dignity with which one meets it.
Medicine is a social science, and politics is nothing else but medicine on a large scale.
We die because our bodies wear out, but we live because of the stories we tell.
In the end, it is not the years in your life that count, but the life in your years—though as a doctor, I must add, the years do matter.
Surgery is the art of the probable, not the certain.
Death is not the opposite of life, but a part of it.
The body is wise; it knows how to heal itself if we let it.
To deny death is to deny life its full measure.
As physicians, we are not gods; we are fellow travelers on the road to mortality.
The heart's rhythm is the drumbeat of existence.