“Just as courage imperils life, fear protects it.” — Leonardo da Vinci Quote

Just as courage imperils life, fear protects it.

Medicine is the restoration of discordant elements; sickness is the discord of the elements infused into the living body.

Good men by nature, wish to know. I know that many will call this useless work... men who desire nothing but material riches and are absolutely devoid of that of wisdom, which is the food and only true riches of the mind.

There are three classes of people: those who see, those who see when they are shown, those who do not see.

While I thought that I was learning how to live, I have been learning how to die.

We need men with moral courage to speak and write their real thoughts, and to stand by their convictions, even to the very death.

Howard Dean has been successful because he was clear in his opposition to the war. People appreciate a politician with the courage to say, I oppose this war.

That's part of your life lesson to be afraid. The bigger question is how you deal with being afraid. Do you have to summon courage or something else to live with that fear without letting it take you over?

Looking back at my career, I wish I knew then what I know now... that gender bias is built into the system, and it's unconscious in many ways. I wish I had the maturity and courage to have pushed back more. I was always trying to be a 'good girl' and play by the rules.