“Racism does not diminish with brains, it's a disease, a sickness, it may incubate in ignorance but it doesn't necessarily disappear with the gaining of wisdom!”
“In examining disease, we gain wisdom about anatomy and physiology and biology. In examining the person with disease, we gain wisdom about life.”
“Ignore ignorance? You might as well withhold medicine from a very sick patient. Not only will the patient get worse, the disease will spread.”
“Wisdom doesn't necessarily come with age. Sometimes age just shows up all by itself.”
“You have heart disease, people understand. When the brain gets sick, well, it’s almost impossible to comprehend.”
“Friendship doesn't disappear like love does.”