“You know the difference between a real science and a pseudoscience? A real science recognizes and accepts its own history without feeling attacked. When you tell a psychiatrist his mental institution came from a lazar house, he becomes infuriated.”
“Pseudoscience is embraced, it might be argued, in exact proportion as real science is misunderstood.”
“In not only the physical science, but in the real mental silence, the wisdom dawns. (75)”
“Compassion is not a relationship between the healer and the wounded. It's a relationship between equals. Only when we know our own darkness well can we be present with the darkness of others. Compassion becomes real when we recognize our shared humanity.”
“To know the history of science is to recognize the mortality of any claim to universal truth. ”
“My grandpa calls that the boom. He says it's different from love or lust; it's deeper. it's a feeling that hits you hard when you have a real connection with someone.”