John Morgan

“The physician’s duty is not to stave off death or return patients to their old lives, but to take into our arms a patient and family whose lives have disintegrated and work until they can stand back up and face, and make sense of, their own existence.”
― Paul Kalanithi, When Breath Becomes Air

“beauty is the medium for truth.”
― Paul Munson, Art and Music: A Student's Guide

“Caring for the soul requires that we be fully present in situations we cannot control and patient as a genuine meaning and a direction unfold. It means seeing familiar things in new ways, listening rather than speaking, learning from patients rather than teaching them, and cultivating the capacity to be amazed. It means recognizing the power of our own humanity to make a difference in the lives of others and valuing it as highly as our expertise. Finally, it means discovering that health care is a front-row seat on mystery and sitting in that seat with open eyes.”
― Christina M. Puchalski, Making Health Care Whole: Integrating Spirituality into Patient Care

“Not all those who wander are lost.”
― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring