Philip Showalter Hench quotes

Philip Showalter Hench quotes

last updated: November 28, 2023

“These hormones still belong to the physiologist and to the clinical investigator as much as, if not more than, to the practicing physician. But as Professor Starling said many years ago, 'The physiology of today is the medicine of tomorrow'.”
-- Philip Showalter Hench

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“Loveliest of trees, the cherry now Is hung with bloom along the bough, And stands about the woodland ride Wearing white for Eastertide. Now, of my threescore years and ten, Twenty will not come again, And take from seventy springs a score, It only leaves me fifty more. And since to look at things in bloom Fifty springs are little room, About the woodlands I will go To see the cherry hung with snow.”
“No matter how much we learn, there is always more knowledge to be gained. In this connection I am reminded of a short poem that has been in my mind over the years. It reads as follow: I used to think I knew I knew. But now I must confess. The more I know I know I know I know I know the less.”
“I think we learn from medicine everywhere that it is, at its heart, a human endeavor, requiring good science but also a limitless curiosity and interest in your fellow human being, and that the physician-patient relationship is key; all else follows from it.”

Source : Interview with John McMurtrie, www.sfgate.com. March 14, 2010.
“In writing, as in medicine, there are no short cuts. You need stamina.”
“Future medicine will be the medicine of frequencies.”
“The universal medicine for the Soul is the Supreme Reason and Absolute Justice; for the mind, mathematical and practical Truth; for the body, the Quintessence, a combination of light and gold.”
“With One Spirit Medicine , you will discover how to dance between the visible, physical world of the senses and everyday tasks, and the invisible world of Spirit. You will be like the graceful jaguar, the balancing force of the rain forest who serves as an intermediary between the seen and unseen worlds as it journeys beyond death into eternity.”
“How do you gag the voice in your head that says, 'You don't have to [do it] today. There's always tomorrow.'?”
“Focus too much on the near-term and you won't get tomorrow's customers, focus too much on the long-term and you won't get today's.”
“Let us sacrifice our today so that our children can have a better tomorrow.”

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