Books Quote by Ella Berthoud

Today's literature: prescriptions written by patients.

— Karl Kraus

Prescription: A physician's guess at what will best prolong the situation with least harm to the patient.

— Ambrose Bierce

In the past, I often found that when I reached out for a fast cure it led me down a slippery slope of more…

— Carre Otis

“Remedy Your medicine is in you, and you do not observe it. Your ailment is from yourself, and you do not register it. Hazrat…

— Idries Shah

Strive to preserve your health; and in this you will better succeed in proportion as you keep clear of the physicians, for their drugs…

— Leonardo da Vinci

I came upon a doctor who appeared in quite poor health. I said, 'There's nothing that I can do for you that you can't…

— Conor Oberst

“Typically, a psychiatrist can fool a patient by telling him the root of his problem can be fixed with this pill, that support group,…

— J. Matthew Nespoli

I am diagnosed with not having enough insanely-addictive drugs coursing through my body.

— Sarah Silverman

“...the other calling, for me, is that we have to begin this process of truth-telling, that we have to recognize that we can’t get…

— Bryan Stevenson

The very best approach to medicine is, "Well, I see your physical body is sick, what's been bothering you? What are you worried about?…

— Esther Hicks

It is easy to get a thousand prescriptions but hard to get one single remedy.

— Chinese Proverb

I am like a doctor. I have written a prescription to help the patient. If the patient doesn't want all the pills I've recommended,…

— Javier Perez de Cuellar