Maimonides

The physician should be a good idealist, striving for the highest standards of medical practice.

The physician should be a good humanist, valuing the dignity and worth of every individual.

The physician should be a good moralist, upholding ethical principles in all his actions.

The physician should be a good spiritualist, recognizing the interconnectedness of body, mind, and spirit.

The physician should be a good mystic, appreciating the mystery and wonder of life.

The physician should be a good poet, expressing the beauty and complexity of the human experience.

The physician should be a good musician, bringing harmony and balance to the lives of his patients.

The physician should be a good artist, creating a masterpiece of health and well-being.

The physician should be a good architect, building a foundation of health for his patients.

The physician should be a good gardener, cultivating health and vitality in his patients.

The risk of a wrong decision is preferable to the terror of indecision.

Teach thy tongue to say 'I do not know,' and thou shalt progress.

If a person does not think, where is he?

The physician should not treat the disease but the patient who is suffering from it.

Anticipate charity by preventing poverty; assist the reduced fellowman, either by a considerable gift or a sum of money or by teaching him a trade or by putting him in the way of business so that he may earn an honest livelihood, and not be forced to the dreadful alternative of holding out his hand for charity.

Do not consider it proof just because it is simple, and do not consider it wrong just because it is complicated.

Silence is a great peacemaker.

One should accept the truth from whatever source it proceeds.

In all things, moderation is the key.

The soul should always stand in the presence of God.