“Cultures have norms that reflect centuries of shared beliefs and ideals. Do not expect to scoff at such things with impunity. You will be punished somehow, even if just through isolation — a position of real powerlessness.”
― The 48 Laws of Power
― The 48 Laws of Power
“The failure to accept cancer as a systemic disease is one of the greatest failures in modern medicine.”
― Beating Cancer with Natural Medicine
― Beating Cancer with Natural Medicine
“Because doctors can’t name the illness, everyone—the patient's family, friends, health insurance, and in many cases the patient—comes to think of the patient as not really sick and not really suffering. What the patient comes to require in these circumstances, in the absence of help, are facts—tests and studies that show that they might “in fact” have something.”
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“No one knows what you have been through or what your pretty little eyes have seen, but I can reassure you ~ whatever you have conquered, it shines through your mind.”
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“When we venture in that unfamiliar sea, we trust blindly in those who guide us, believing that they know more than we do.”
― The Witch of Portobello
― The Witch of Portobello
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