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I Began The Study Of Medicine, Impelled By A Desire For Knowledge Of Facts And Of Man. The Resolution To Do Disciplined Work Tied Me To Both Laboratory And Clinic For A Long Time To Come.

All Democracies Demand Common Public Education Because Nothing Makes People So Much Alike As The Same Education.

Man Is Always Something More Than What He Knows Of Himself. He Is Not What He Is Simply Once And For All, But Is A Process; He Is Not Merely An Extant Life, But Is, Within That Life, Endowed With Possibilities Through The Freedom He Possesses To Make Of Himself What He Will By The Activities On Which He Decides.

The Greek Word For Philosopher (philosophos) Connotes A Distinction From Sophos. It Signifies The Lover Of Wisdom (knowledge) As Distinguished From Him Who Considers Himself Wise In The Possession Of Knowledge. This Meaning Of The Word Still Endures: The Essence Of Philosophy Is Not The Possession Of The Truth But The Search For Truth. ... Philosophy Means To Be On The Way. Its Questions Are More Essential Than Its Answers, And Every Answer Becomes A New Question.

The Moment Is The Sole Reality.