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Natalie’s Quotes

“Make your ego porous. Will is of little importance, complaining is nothing, fame is nothing. Openness, patience, receptivity, solitude is everything.”
― Rainer Maria Rilke

tags: ego, fame, openness, patience, receptivity

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“You never really learn much from hearing yourself speak.”
― George Clooney

tags: arrogance, education, ego, speech

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“The world doesn't need more smart doctors, it needs more warm and wise doctors. Be the wisdom yourself - be the warmth yourself, and be the doctor that the doctors have forgotten to be, for it is time to save medicine, to save humanity.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Time to Save Medicine

tags: doctor, health-and-wellness, healthcare, inspirational, medical-practice, medical-students, medicine, philosophy-of-medicine, practice-of-medicine

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“The world is full of doctors,
but healers are rare.
The world is full of pills,
but medicine is rare.
The world is full of stethoscopes,
but listening is rare.
And when someone’s in misery,
I have no doubt you’ll appear.”
― Abhijit Naskar, See No Gender

tags: doctor, doctors, healthcare, humanitarian, medical-practical, philosophy-of-medicine, practice-of-medicine, service-of-humanity, serving-humanity, serving-people

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“Your warmth has more healing power upon the patient than all the medical tools in the world.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Time to Save Medicine

tags: doctor, doctors, doctors-and-patients, medical-ethics, medical-practice, medical-profession, modern-medicine, philosophy-of-medicine

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Clean Reads — 7054 members — last activity May 19, 2026 05:39PM
This is a group for people who love to read a good book, but don't want to have to put it down one chapter in because of things that, if it were a mov ...more

Christian Goodreaders — 2362 members — last activity May 26, 2026 04:10PM
This is a group for any Goodreads member who is a follower of Christ.

Ask Ally Condie - Tuesday, March 12th! — 1699 members — last activity Feb 26, 2019 06:51PM
Join us on Tuesday, March 12th for a special discussion with author Ally Condie! Ally will be discussing her work, including the Matched trilogy in ...more

Ask Maria Semple - Tuesday, April 23rd! — 270 members — last activity Jul 10, 2015 02:50PM
Join us on Tuesday, April 23rd for a special discussion with author Maria Semple! Maria will be discussing her work, including her recently released p ...more

The County Library — 1761 members — last activity May 29, 2026 07:02AM
Let's talk about favorite books and authors. Check out the events page for author visits, book clubs, and other fun library activities. ...more

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