“It is far more important to know what person the disease has than what disease the person has.”

“It is much more important to know what sort of patient has a disease than what sort of disease a patient has.”

“Ask not what disease the person has, but rather what person the disease has”

“Don't separate the mind from the body. Don't separate even character - you can't. Our unit of existence is a body, a physical, tangible, sensate entity with perceptions and reactions that express it and form it simultaneously.Disease is one of our languages. Doctors understand what disease has to say about itself. It's up to the person with the disease to understand what the disease has to say to her.”

“Everything on the earth has a purpose, every disease an herb to cure it, and every person a mission. This is the Indian theory of existence.”

“It is important to know what a person was. But it's more important to know what they are now.”